植物药生产的新发现

Scientists of Wageningen University and Research Centre in the Netherlands have found the glycosylation of proteins in plants.瓦赫宁根大学和荷兰研究中心的科学家发现了植物中蛋白质的糖基化。 Proteins in plants, animals and people are full of various sugar chains in a process known as glycosylation.植物，动物和人类中的蛋白质在称为糖基化的过程中充满了各种糖链。 The sugar chains are important to the functioning of many proteins.糖链对许多蛋白质的功能很重要。 What's more, their identity and uniformity is crucial to the quality of therapeutic proteins.此外，它们的同一性和均匀性对于治疗性蛋白质的质量至关重要。
The glycosylation of proteins in plants, people and animals principally consists of three stages.植物，人和动物中蛋白质的糖基化主要包括三个阶段。 Primordially sugar chains are constructed, which then attach to the protein in specific locations.构建原糖链，然后将糖链连接到特定位置的蛋白质上。 Finally, the sugar chains are further modified as specific sugars are attached to the chain.最后，当特定的糖附着在糖链上时，糖链被进一步修饰。 The scientists expect that this knowledge will allow plants to be applied more often in the production of therapeutic proteins, an important type of medicine.科学家们希望，这种知识将使植物更经常地用于生产治疗性蛋白质（一种重要的药物）。