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.

中文翻译：

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寻找古细菌细胞分裂之谜的碎片

两项研究描述了含有光合反应中心桶结构域并在古细菌中 FtsZ 介导的细胞分裂中发挥关键作用的蛋白质的发现，其中光合反应中心折叠本身成为古细菌执行胞质分裂的关键参与者。