Abstract
Thermal proteins were made by heating mixtures amino acids at 180 degrees Centigrade for 6 hours, thereby effecting dehydration polymerization. When sugars are added to the amino acid mixtures, thermal glycoproteins are sythesized. IR spectra show that thermal protein has similarities to protein synthesized by the Merrifield technique and that glycan components show up in different parts of the IR spectrum than the protein components in thermal glycoproteins.
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Bahn, P.R., Pappelis, A. (2001). IR Spectra of Protein, Thermal Protein, Thermal Glycoprotein. In: Chela-Flores, J., Owen, T., Raulin, F. (eds) First Steps in the Origin of Life in the Universe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1017-7_13
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