No, Monterey is in San Benito county in the Central Coast and near Carmel and Seaside. It is 3 1/2 hours from San Francisco.
Because amino acids can be arranged in many different combinations, it's possible for your body to make thousands of different kinds of protein from just the same 20 amino acids. The simplest protein of life, ribonuclease, contains 124 amino acids.
Amino acids are the individual components that make up a protein molecule. There are 20 in total, each present in varying concentrations to perform a specific purpose. Individually, amino acids are highly specialized.