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dathingindanorf t1_itlrybe wrote

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.

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jadedsometimes t1_itlsadi wrote

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

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