Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- I. PROTEIN SECRETION -- 1. Co- and Posttranslational Protein Targeting to the SecYEG Translocon in Escherichia coli -- 2. The Tat Protein Export Pathway -- 3. Assembly of Integral Membrane Proteins from the Periplasm into the Outer Membrane -- 4. Structure, Function, and Transport of Lipoproteins in Escherichia coli -- II. PROTEIN FOLDING AND QUALITY CONTROL -- 5. The Cpx Envelope Stress Response -- 6. Regulation and Function of the Envelope Stress Response Controlled by σ[sup(E)] -- 7. Disulfide Bond Formation in the Periplasm -- 8. Periplasmic Chaperones and Peptidyl-Prolyl Isomerases -- 9. Periplasmic Proteases and Protease Inhibitors -- III. KEY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES -- 10. Cell Division -- 11. Structure and Biosynthesis of the Murein (Peptidoglycan) Sacculus -- 12. Periplasmic Events in the Assembly of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides -- 13. Electron Transport Activities in the Periplasm -- 14. Periplasmic Nitrate Reduction -- 15. The Biosynthesis of the Molybdenum Cofactor and Its Incorporation into Molybdoenzymes -- 16. Transfer of Energy and Information across the Periplasm in Iron Transport and Regulation -- 17. Periplasmic ABC Transporters -- 18. Antimicrobial and Stress Resistance -- 19. Osmoregulation in the Periplasm -- IV. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS -- 20. Practical Applications for Periplasmic Protein Accumulation -- 21. Periplasmic Expression of Antibody Fragments -- V. PROTEIN COMPOSITION -- 22. Methods for the Computational Prediction of Periplasmic Proteins -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.