Dendrimersome Synthetic Cells Harbor Cell Division Machinery of Bacteria (Adv. Mater. 28/2022)

Bacterial Cell Division In article number 2202364, Petra Schwille, Cesar Rodriguez-Emmenegger, and co-workers show the reconstitution of a bacterial divisome in fully synthetic dendrimersomes. The fine-tuning of interactions between the active cell machinery and synthetic membrane enables the reproduction of the natural dynamic behavior in a synthetic system. This constitutes a breakthrough in the assembly of synthetic cells as tuning of membrane–divisome interactions is the key to engineering biological behavior and beyond.