“…A pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzyme which transaminates a-ketoglutaric acid with putrescine, cadaverine, hexamethylene diamine or heptamethylene diamine has been described in Escherichia coli (Kim & Tchen, 1962;Kim, 1963Kim, , 1964Yamada, Kimura, Tanaka & Ogata, 1964). Transaminase activity for a wide range of monoand diamines was also found in extracts of pea, tobacco, lupin and cauliflower tissues, and in Neurospora crmsa (Hasse & Schmid, 1963 ;Hasse et al 1967). Since the reaction is reversible it may provide an alternative biosynthetic pathway for these amines.…”