doi.org/10.3945/jn.116…
The breakpoint here was 1.7g/kg of protein per day (The upper 95% CI of the breakpoint was at 2.2g and the lower CI was 1.2g)
doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2…
No benefit from protein intakes higher than 1.6g/kg per day
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19056590/
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24257722/
doi.org/10.1371/journa…
"the activation of mTORC1 is only one of several important components required for the complete synthesis of new proteins, including the availability of precursor AAs"
Engine being leucine
doi.org/10.4235/agmr.2…
Bear in mind that in most studies, the subjects are omnivores so you expect ~60:40 animal:plant based protein intake.
Something that is corraborated by this study:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27710150/