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. 2024 Apr 19;14(4):500. doi: 10.3390/biom14040500

Figure 5.

Figure 5

ATP enhances protein folding and is proposed to have contributed to the origin of life. (a) ATP energy-independently induces protein folding with the highest efficiency known so far. (b) ATP plays key roles in controlling protein homeostasis and interactions between nucleic acids and proteins throughout the evolutionary trajectory from prebiotic origins to modern cells.