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Dr. Roberts, as a molecular biologist, tell us about the protein synthesis in the cell.

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Can proteins form without the presence of other proteins?

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So, could anyone conclude proteins formed by themselves by coincidences?

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And finally, how can one tell that the origin of life being coincidences,

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could coincidences produce proteins?

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Right. So, protein synthesis is actually a fairly complex series of events

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that occur within the cell at an incredibly fast rate.

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It involves multiple proteins that are necessary to transcribe the DNA into RNA,

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and then additional proteins that are required to translate the RNA into proteins.

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So, protein synthesis actually requires both DNA proteins and RNA,

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as well as transfer RNAs and ribosomal RNAs,

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the latter of which also include different protein subunits.

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So, it's quite impossible to get proteins without proteins already being in existence.