Humans turn out to be really bad at starting from a simple linear chain of proteins; they need a rough idea of what the protein might look like before they can recognize patterns to optimize.

从一条简单的线性蛋白质链起步时，人类的表现的确很糟糕；在识别出待优化的模式之前，他们需要对蛋白质的样子有个大致的了解。

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Biofuel producers use the proteins to break down the complex carbohydrates in plant cells into a soup - like mixture of simple sugars that yeast can eat.

生物燃料产生者利用蛋白质把植物细胞内的碳水化合物分解成一种可以被酶菌食用的粘稠状单糖混合物。

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In theory, manipulating RNAi to kill proteins is simple.

这一理论中，操控RNAi来杀死蛋白质并不难。

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It's not as simple as DNA going to RNA going to protein, because proteins need to be present in order to make these things happen as well.

基因表达不是简单的从DNA到RNA,再到蛋白质,因为整个过程需要,不同酶的催化作用

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Researchers have not yet chosen which protein they will fold when Blue Gene is finished a few years down the road, but Horn said that simple proteins will be tested before then.

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The theory behind targeted cancer drugs is simple: find the key gene mutations driving growth of tumors and then devise drugs that block those mutated proteins.

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