CauseSigns t1_itkyr9o wrote on October 24, 2022 at 12:42 PM

Reply to comment by dathingindanorf in World's largest protein factory uses fermentation to produce 20,000 tonnes of protein annually for use in fish food in China by mutherhrg

Maybe, maybe not, but it can be made to do so

dathingindanorf t1_itlrybe wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:14 PM

I ask because it's much easier to make Alanine than Tyrosine, Tryptophan, branch chain AAs. Humans will develop nutrional deficiencies if the protein doesn't cover all the essential ones.

jadedsometimes t1_itlsadi wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:16 PM

I realize. I'm suggesting that even if these methods do not include enzymes that can synthesize the essential AAs, there are bacterial enzymes which can do this, and those could be included in the bioreactor