Question

Human insulin is being commercially produced
from a transgenic species of
(a) Escherichia (b) Mycobacterium
(c) Rhizobium (d) Saccharomyces

Answer 1

Dear Student,

◆ Answer - (a)

Human insulin is being commercially produced from a transgenic species of *Escherichia coli*.

● Explanation -

- Insulin is an endocrine hormone secreted by beta-cells of islets of langerhans of pancreas.

- Insulin helps in utilization of glucose by allowing its entry into the cell.

- Human insulin can be produced in large quantity by PCR by cultivating organism E.coli.

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