Question

Why do protein and amino acids go hand in hand?

(a) Amino acids and proteins need to be found in a 2:1 ratio in all diets

(b) Proteins are basically the building blocks of amino acids

(c) Amino acids are basically the building blocks of protein

(d) Proteins link to amino acids in bone formation

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The query is from Dairy Facts topic in division Dairy Laws of Dairy Engineering

Answer 1

The correct answer is (c) Amino acids are basically the building blocks of protein

Easiest explanation: Proteins are made up of hundreds of smaller units called amino acids that are attached to one another by peptide bonds, forming a long chain. You can think of a protein as a string of beads where each bead is an amino acid. Hence Amino acids are the building blocks of protein.