Patent ID: 7491520

Claim:
Process for the biochemical synthesis of 6-amino caproic acid wherein either 6-aminohex-2-enoic acid of formula [1](6-AHEA) H 2 N—CH 2 —CH 2 —CH 2 —CH═CH—COOH [1] or wherein 6-amino-2-hydroxy-hexanoic acid (6-AHHA), a compound capable of being transformed into 6-aminohex-2-enoic acid, is treated with an enzyme having α,β-enoate reductase activity towards molecules containing an α,β-enoate group and a primary amino group, in particular with an enzyme having α,β-enoate reductase activity towards 6-aminohex-2-enoic acid in the presence of NADH or NADPH to synthesize 6-amino caproic acid.