Functional characterisation of novel transport protein in plants

植物产品为我们提供食物和空气，并被认为在定义和保护环境方面发挥着不可或缺的作用。因此，了解植物如何工作以使其在新的应用中使用并适应不断变化的环境至关重要。植物代谢的许多方面是植物所独有的，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4,000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新型蛋白质，转运蛋白，在细胞运输过程中发挥关键作用的功能。

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.