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The increased insight into the mechanism of bacterial protein translocation has resulted in new concepts for the production of heterologous proteins. The periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria is revealed to have a role as a ‘protein construction compartment’, which can be used to fold complex proteins. Passage across the outer membrane, however, remains a challenge due to the high selectivity of the...