Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2005

  • question_answer
    First hormone prepared by genetic engineering is:

    A)  oxytocin       

    B)  somatotropin

    C)  adrenaline     

    D)  insulin

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

     Insulin was the first hormone prepared by genetic engineering within the E. coli bacterium. Insulin is made up of two 20 and 30 chains of amino acid residues. Two different E. coli bacterial cultures were used to produce each of the insulin chain, these were then recovered from the   bacteria   and   separated   by\[\beta -\]galactosidase and finally, chemically joined to make human insulin.


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