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    Coacervates are clusters of proteins and carbohydrates surrounded by water molecules that form when various combinations of proteins and carbohydrates are added to water. Oparin found that under certain conditions, coacervates can be stabilized for weeks if given a source of energy like enzymes and glucose. The coacervates would take in enzymes and glucose, combine the glucose with carbohydrates to grow in size, and expel waste products. Large coacervates would then spontaneously break into smaller daughter coacervates.

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    Coacervates are clusters of proteins and carbohydrates surrounded by water molecules that form when various combinations of proteins and carbohydrates are added to water. Oparin found that under certain conditions, coacervates can be stabilized for weeks if given a source of energy like enzymes and glucose. The coacervates would take in enzymes and glucose, combine the glucose with carbohydrates to grow in size, and expel waste products. Large coacervates would then spontaneously break into smaller daughter coacervates.

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    Coacervates are clusters of proteins and carbohydrates surrounded by water molecules that form when various combinations of proteins and carbohydrates are added to water. Oparin found that under certain conditions, coacervates can be stabilized for weeks if given a source of energy like enzymes and glucose. The coacervates would take in enzymes and glucose, combine the glucose with carbohydrates to grow in size, and expel waste products. Large coacervates would then spontaneously break into smaller daughter coacervates.

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    Coacervates are clusters of proteins and carbohydrates surrounded by water molecules that form when various combinations of proteins and carbohydrates are added to water. Oparin found that under certain conditions, coacervates can be stabilized for weeks if given a source of energy like enzymes and glucose. The coacervates would take in enzymes and glucose, combine the glucose with carbohydrates to grow in size, and expel waste products. Large coacervates would then spontaneously break into smaller daughter coacervates.

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    COACERVATES THEORY

    Coacervates are a collection of proteins and carbohydrates surround by water molecules.

    Coacervate is derived from the Latin word coacervare, meaning “to assemble together or cluster”.

    Coacervates form when various combinations of proteins and carbohydrates are added to water. The proteins form a boundary
    layer of water around them that is distinctly separate from the water they are suspended in. These proteins and the water layer
    are called coacervates.

    Composition combinations include: protein—carbohydrate, protein—protein, protein—nucleic acids

    Coacervates have been studied by Oparin, and he was found that under certain conditions coacervates can be stabilized in water
    for weeks if they were given a metabolism, a system for producing energy.

    To accomplish this, Oparin added enzymes and glucose (sugar) to the water. The coacervate took in the enzymes and glucose,
    and then the enzymes caused the coacervate to combine the glucose with the carbohydrate in the coacervate. This caused the
    coacervate to grow in size. Waste products from the reaction of the glucose were expelled out of the coacervate.

    Once the coacervate became large enough, it began to spontaneously break up into smaller coacervates. If the daughter
    coacervates received the enzymes or were able to create their own enzymes, they would be able to continue growing and
    budding.
    LIPOSOMES THEORY
    Liposomes are spheres of lipid bilayers found in water.

    Liposome is derived from two Greek words: lipo (“fat”) and soma (“body”); liposomes are
    primarily composed of phospholipids.

    When phospholipids are mixed with water, they form a lipid bilayer. The lipid bilayer could then
    allow other organic molecules to enter the liposome and potentially carry out reactions that
    allow the liposome to grow and reproduce. These reactions would break down glucose (sugar)
    to accumulate mass in the liposome and release waste through the lipid bilayer. These reactions
    could be considered a type of metabolism that provides energy and food for the liposome.

    Micelles, which are simpler structures with a single lipid layer could also go through similar
    processes.

    Liposomes contain a lipid bilayer, which is one of the essential components of cells. Liposomes
    may be the beginnings of the first cells.
    PROTEINOID MICROSPHERES THEORY
    Proteinoid microspheres are a collection of proteins that form spheres when they are heated.

    Proteinoid microspheres form when protein aggregates are heated in a solution of water at 130◦C to 180◦C. The proteins
    spontaneously aggregate intro microspheres. These microspheres develop an outer boundary that resembles the double lipid
    layer of cell membranes (but no lipids are present).

    Sidney Fox has studied proteinoid microspheres. He was interested in the way that proteinoids produce their energy
    (metabolism). He found that proteinoids maintained a continual supply of energy from the reactions that they carried out inside
    themselves. Proteinoids contained enzymes that maintained reactions, which incorporate glucose (sugar) into the proteinoid’s
    mass. Proteinoid microspheres also had osmotic properties, where substances could pass in and out by osmosis. This additional
    mass allows the proteinoid to grow. He also found that proteinoid microspheres bud in a manner very similar bacteria.

    Proteinoid microspheres seem to have the ability to incorporate food (glucose) into their mass and to reproduce. Proteinoid
    microspheres seem to have the characteristics of beginning cells.

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