glutamate metabolic process L-glutamate catabolic process https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/30202 https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/31405 GO:0006538 glutamate deamidation GO:0019459 glutamic acid catabolic process glutamic acid catabolism glutamate breakdown MetaCyc:PWY-5766 MetaCyc:GLUTAMATE-DEG1-PWY MetaCyc:GLUTDEG-PWY MetaCyc:PWY0-1305 biological_process glutamate degradation glutamate catabolism The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-glutamate. dicarboxylic acid catabolic process L-amino acid catabolic process proteinogenic amino acid catabolic process