In a paper submitted to arXiv.org researchers claim they have
found the first evidence of a protein to be discovered inside a meteorite.
The paper has yet to be peer reviewed.
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Originally Posted by Bob Yirka , Phys.org
In prior research, scientists have found organic materials, sugars and some other molecules considered to be precursors to amino acids in both meteorites and comets—and fully formed amino acids have been found in comets and meteorites, as well. But until now, no proteins had been found inside of an extraterrestrial object. In this new effort, the researchers have discovered a protein called hemolithin inside of a meteorite that was found in Algeria back in 1990.
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Article at Phys.org :-
https://phys.org/news/2020-03-protein-meteorite.html
Paper, "Hemolithin: a Meteoritic Protein containing Iron and Lithium" by McGeoch et. al. :-
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2002/2002.11688.pdf