proteinform
Proteinform is a hypothetical concept often encountered in fictional or theoretical discussions within biology and science fiction. It refers to a substance or molecule that is believed to be a fundamental building block or precursor to all proteins. In this theoretical framework, proteinform would represent an extremely basic, universal unit from which the vast diversity of functional proteins observed in nature could arise. It is not a recognized term in current established biochemistry or molecular biology.
The idea of proteinform suggests a simplified, primitive form of protein, perhaps a single type of amino
Current biological understanding holds that proteins are complex macromolecules composed of amino acids linked by peptide