proteinoids Polymers of amino acids formed spontaneously from inorganic molecules; have enzyme-like properties and can catalyze chemical reactions.
Early cell membranes could have formed spontaneously from proteinoids, protein-like molecules that are produced when amino acid solutions are heated - when present at the correct concentration in aqueous solution, ...
 See also: Cell membrane, Nucleotide, Membrane, Vision, Eukaryotes
  
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