Which one of the following is now being commercially produced by biotechnological procedures?

Which one of the following is now being commercially produced by biotechnological procedures?
  1. Nicotine
  2. Morphine
  3. Quinine
  4. Insulin

Solution

Now-a-days, genetically engineered insulin is being produced at commercial level. The biotechnological procedure involves the synthesis of two DNA sequences corresponding to $A$ and $B$ insulin chains. The two DNA sequences or genes are made to fuse with plasmids and later allowed to form insulin chains.

Asked in: NEET 2010 (Mains)

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