... used inhibitor in these studies, and it is usu-ally considered to be a specific inhibitor of PDI activ-ity [6–8]. However, in vitro evidence for the action of bacitracin as an inhibitor of PDI is ... specificity of action of an inhibitor for a protein-folding catalyst cannot be determined in vivo.Furthermore, in vitro evidence for the specificity of bacitracin for PDI isscarce, and the mechanism of ... thio-b-d-galactoside. Lysis of bacteria was performedby freeze–thawing the samples twice. PDI, PDI a domain,BiP and DsbA were purified by immobilized metal affinity chromatography and anion exchange chromatography, ...