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In the film Jurassic Park, the dinosaurs have their DNA modified so that they cannot produce lysine and must be supplied with it by the park's feeding system, otherwise they will eventually die. This is a security measure to prevent the creatures from spreading if they ever escaped into the outside world. In the book, the dinosaurs escape and survive by eating things rich in lysine such as soybeans and lentils. Lysine synthesis. Intermediates of the glutamate and the aspartate family are coupled in just the same way as in the arginine and asparagine synthesis. Lysine can be generated in two ways. Both are named according to their most characteristic intermediates. Green algae, ferns and higher plants take one pathway, some green flagellates (euglenophyta) and fungi the other. Jurassic Park is a 1993 science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, based upon the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. On the island of Isla Nublar, scientists have created an amusement park of cloned dinosaurs. John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) invites a group of scientists, played by Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Laura Dern, to visit the park during one weekend. Sabotage sets the carnivorous dinosaurs on the loose, and technicians and visitors attempt to escape the island.

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