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The assembly and properties of protobiological structures - The beginnings of cellular peptide synthesisNew data indicate that lysine-rich proteinoids have the ability to catalyze the synthesis of peptide bonds from a variety of amino acids and ATP. This capacity is evident in aqueous solution, in suspension of phase-separated complexes of lysine-rich proteinoid with acidic proteinoids, and in suspension of phase-separated particles composed of lysine-rich proteinoids with polynucleotides. Since the proteinoid complexes can contain other catalytic activities, including ability to catalyze internucleotide bond formation, it is inferred that the first protocells on earth already had a number of biological types of activity.
Document ID
19810031071
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fox, S. W.
(Miami Univ. Coral Gables, FL, United States)
Nakashima, T.
(Miami, University Coral Gables, Fla., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1980
Publication Information
Publication: BioSystems
Volume: 12
Subject Category
Life Sciences (General)
Accession Number
81A15475
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-10-007-008
Distribution Limits
Public
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