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Finding pieces in the archaeal cell division puzzle

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Two studies describe the discovery of proteins that harbour a photosynthetic reaction centre barrel domain and play pivotal roles in FtsZ-mediated cell division in archaea, with the photosynthetic reaction centre fold itself emerging as a key player in executing cytokinesis across archaea.

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Fig. 1: Model of the cell division machine in Euryarchaeota that harbour an FtsZ-based system.

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