Gary BreckaHuman Biologist & Longevity Innovator

How Amino Acids Form Proteins with Dr. David Minkoff & Gary Brecka

1 Mar 2024

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This is a YouTube video titled "How Amino Acids Form Proteins with Dr. David Minkoff & Gary Brecka" containing an educational talk or explanation about amino acids and their role in building proteins. The content appears to be a monologue or lecture segment by a single speaker (SPEAKER A) discussing the biochemical nature of amino acids. Although Gary Brecka is mentioned in the title, the excerpt itself does not show a conversation or multiple speakers.

I think most people think amino acids are proteins, right? But they're not proteins. They're not protein. So you have a structure and it's made. So we have this building, this beautiful building that we're in here now, but it's made out of different things. It's got concrete and it's got, you know, different kinds of fabrics, and it's got wood and it's got all these things. And when you put those things together, you get a building. So in nature, There's a debate 20 to 22amino acids. Amino in Greek means nitrogen. So these are nitrogen containing molecules, and they're in nature, and our bodies use these molecules to build proteins.