Reduction of the periplasmic disulfide bond isomerase, DsbC, occurs by passage of electrons from cytoplasmic thioredoxin.

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The Escherichia coli periplasmic protein DsbC is active both in vivo and in vitro as a protein disulfide isomerase. For DsbC to attack incorrectly formed disulfide bonds in substrate proteins, its two active-site cysteines should be in the reduced form. Here we present evidence that, in wild-type cells, these two cysteines are reduced. Further, we show that a pathway involving the cytoplasmic proteins thioredoxin...

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