A bioengineer takes the gene from the human liver cell and insert into a bacterial chromosome. Then, bacteria transcribe this gene into mRNA and translate this mRNA into protein. This protein produced is useless and has been found to contain more amino acid than the protein made by the eukaryotic cell. Please explain the reason for that issue.

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A bioengineer takes the gene from the human liver cell and insert into a bacterial chromosome. Then, bacteria transcribe this gene into mRNA and translate this mRNA into protein. This protein produced is useless and has been found to contain more amino acid than the protein made by the eukaryotic cell. Please explain the reason for that issue.

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