Proliferating coacervate droplets as the missing link between chemistry and biology in the origins of life

Coacervate droplets (CDs) are a model for protocells formed by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), but protocell models able to proliferate remain undeveloped. Here, the authors report a proliferating peptide-based CD using synthesised amino acid thioesters as monomers, which could concentrate RN...

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Main Authors: Muneyuki Matsuo, Kensuke Kurihara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25530-6