Editing Proteinoid (section)

==Legacy==

Fox has likened the amino acid globules to cells, and proposed it bridged the macromolecule to cell transition. However, his hypothesis was later dismissed as proteinoids are not [[proteins]], they feature mostly non-[[peptide bond]]s and amino acid [[cross-link]]ages not present in living organisms. Furthermore, they have no compartmentalization and there is no information content in the molecules.

Although their role as an evolutionary precursor has been superseded, the hypothesis was a catalyst to further investigate other mechanisms that could have brought about [[abiogenesis]],<ref name="hazen" />{{rp|201}} such as the [[RNA world]], [[PAH world hypothesis|PAH world]], [[Iron–sulfur world theory|Iron–sulfur world]], and [[protocell]] hypotheses.{{Cn|date=September 2017}}