Nurturing Life Sciences
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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
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The division of a bacterium into two daughter cells is accomplished by the formation of a septum.
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Septum, a structure that forms in the center of the cell as an invagination from the surrounding envelope
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The rodlike shape ofthe bacterium is maintained by three proteins: MreB, PBP2, and RodA.
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The structure of MreB protein resembles that of the eukaryotic protein actin, which polymerizes to form cytoskeletal filaments in eukaryotic cells.
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In bacteria, MreB polymerizes and appears to move in patches around the circumference of the cell attached to the peptidoglycan synthesis machinery, includingPBP2.