🔬 Biology · Biotechnology and its Applications · NEET

The main challenge in producing insulin in bacteria was assembling the chains into a:

Correct answer: A. mature hormone

Explanation: The separately made A and B chains had to be combined into mature insulin.

Concept context

GM crops, transgenic animals, gene therapy, molecular diagnostics, and bioethics. Frequent 2–3 mark questions in NEET.