Alanine | A-Z of the Human Body

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

Dr. Mike Todorovic

Physiology, Physiotherapy, Health & Fitness, University, Science, Nursing, Education, Health, Anatomy, Medicine

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🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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'A' - Todays term from the Anatomy & Physiology textbook is " Alanine ".

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0:00.0	Welcome everybody to another episode of Dr Matt and Dr Mike's A to the Human Body.
0:10.5	I am the host that boasts the most roast, Dr. Mark Todorovich, and I'm joined by...
0:15.5	Alan.
0:16.4	Alan. Alan Button.
0:18.5	Alan in the house.
0:19.6	Alan is in the house. Alanine is the topic, Matt. That was a good segue. Very well done.
0:25.8	Is this the most simple, the simplest amino acid? I don't know what that means. But what I can say about aline is it is an amino acid. one of the 20 amino acids.
0:38.1	Is it our group just hydrogen?
0:41.2	It's just, no, it's a methyl.
0:44.3	It's a simple methyl side.
0:45.8	So it is a very simple side chain.
0:48.4	A methyl is a CH3.
0:51.2	Oh, okay.
0:52.2	Which is very simple.
0:53.3	There are far more complex.
0:54.8	Did you have to memorize all the 20 in your undergrad?
0:57.5	Yes, I had to memorize their names, memorize their structure and memorize their characteristic.
1:02.9	Hygophobic, I just feel like acidic, basic, all the top stuff.
1:05.5	Yeah, but I've forgotten all of it.
1:06.8	But that's fine.
1:07.7	This gave me an opportunity to revisit my biochemistry and talk about
1:13.0	alanine. So aline, when you break up amino acids, you can, you know, categorize them a multitude
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