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#Question id: 21260


L-Cysteine has traditionally been obtained by extracting it from acid hydrolysates of human hair and animal feathers. High levels cannot be synthesized from glucose because l-cysteine feedback inhibits the enzyme, which catalyzes one of the steps in the biosynthesis of l-cysteine. These enzyme are,

#Unit 12. Applied Biology
  1. Homoserine kinase (HK)
  2. Aspartate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase (ASA-DH)
  3. threonine synthetase (TS)
  4. Serine (Ser) acetyltransferase