Ammonia → Carbon Dioxide

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The present invention provides an enzymatic or microbial bioconversion process that is capable of producing L-amino acids from the corresponding racemic mixture or from purely D-amino acid sources. The invention utilizes a transaminase that is moderately selective in the conversion of D and L amino acids to 2-keto acids, but exhibits absolute stereospecificity in the conversion of 2-keto acids to L-amino acids. Hence, a D amino acid or a D, L mixture of an amino acid can react with a) glucose and ammonia or b) aspartic acid in the presence of a transaminase to produce the corresponding L-amino acid and c) carbon dioxide or d) oxaloacetate.

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