Functional characterisation of novel transport protein in plants

植物的产物提供了我们吃的食物，我们呼吸的空气，人们认识到它们在定义和保护环境方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。因此，有必要了解植物如何工作，使其在新的应用中使用，并适应不断变化的环境。植物代谢的许多方面是植物所特有的，因此我们不能从动物或真菌的研究中猜测或估计其重要性。大约有4000种蛋白质是植物特有的，或者包含植物特有的结构域。本研究旨在阐明这些在细胞运输过程中起关键作用的新型蛋白转运体的功能。

The products of plants provide the food we eat, the air we breath and it is recognised that they play an integral role in defining and protecting the environment. Thus it is essential to understand how plant work to allow their use in novel applications and to adapt to changing environments. Many aspects of plant metabolism are unique to plants and thus we cannot guess or estimate importance from studies in animals or fungi. Approximately 4,000 proteins are specific to plants, or contain domains that are unique to plants. This investigation proposes to elucidate the function of some of these novel proteins, transporters, that play a critical role in transport processes in cells.