Prebiotic Oligomerization on or Inside Lipid Vesicles in Hydrothermal Environments (original) (raw)
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The origin of life research seeks to understand how prebiotic molecules could form and evolve within cellular structures, particularly in environments resembling early Earth conditions. This study demonstrates that amino acid oligomerization can occur on or within lipid vesicles in simulated hydrothermal environments, producing oligopeptides up to heptaglycine without the need for condensing agents, thereby highlighting the potential role of lipid vesicles in prebiotic chemistry.
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