[Alpha-ketoglutaric acid transamination of synthetic omega-amino acids in bacteria]

Bacteria utilizing synthetic lactams and omega-amino acids contain enzymes involved in transamination of epsilon-aminocaproic, zeta-aminoenanthic, eta-aminocaprilic acids with alpha-ketoglutaric acid. Natural and synthetic omega-amino acids are not inductors of the synthesis of corresponding transaminases. A strain of Pseudomonas dacunchae has been selected; it possesses an elevated activity of transamination of synthetic omega-amino acids, including zeta-aminoenanthic and eta-aminocaprilic acids.