Disulphide bonds are found in practically every class of extracellular protein, and the formation of disulphide bonds must be regarded as a key post-translational modification of secretory proteins. Despite this, and despite the fact that the existence of disulphide bonds has been known for many years, the mechanism of disulphide bond formation during protein biosynthesis and secretion is not w...

Organic compounds containing thiourea function find many industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical and analytical applications. Consequently, convenient, reliable, rugged and cost-effective methods for ensuring the quality of commercial products based on it are highly desirable. The case with which hydrogen peroxide in the presence of an excess of sodium hydroxide oxdatively desulphurise the thi...

FNR (regulator for fumarate and nitrate reduction) and CRP (cAMP receptor protein) are global regulators which regulate the transcription of overlapping modulons of target genes in response to anaerobiosis and carbon source in Escherichia coli. An ORF, designated flp because it encodes an FNR-like protein of the FNR-CRP family, has been found in Lactobacillus casei. The product of the flp codin...