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Proteinoid microspheres of appropriate sorts promote the conversion of ATP to adenine dinucleotide and adenine trinucleotide. Other microparticles composed of basic proteinoid and enzymically synthesized poly A cause the conversion of ATP and phenylalanine to various peptides of phenylalanine. When viewed in a context with the origin and properties of proteinoid microspheres, these results model the origin from a protocell of a more contemporary type of cell able to synthesize its own polyamino acids and polynucleotides. Related earlier experiments explain in part the origin of the genetic code and mechanism.
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Fox, S.W., Jungck, J.R. & Nakashima, T. From proteinoid microsphere to contemporary cell: Formation of internucleotide and peptide bonds by proteinoid particles. Origins Life Evol Biosphere 5, 227–237 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00927027
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