The hydrophilic sugar chains help mucin dissolve in your body's watery fluids.

水糖链帮助蛋白溶解於你身体内液体。

This saliva contains a special ingredient called mucin, which is a protein that loves to soak up water, creating a kind of gel which forms a thin, protective coating all over your mouth parts.

这种唾液有一种特殊分叫蛋白，它是一种喜欢吸收水蛋白质，它产生一种凝胶，而这个凝胶会在你口腔部分形一层薄性涂层。

So Adam and his colleagues are playing around with synthetic mucins as a coating for the helmet dome of space suits.

因此，亚当和他同事正在尝试将蛋白作为太空服头盔圆顶涂层。

Saliva contains bicarbonate ions, which helps to neutralize acid in the mouth, and glycoproteins like mucin which thickens the saliva.

它包着碳酸氢根离子，可以中和口腔中酸，还有糖蛋白，可以使唾液变得稠。

So sub in synthetic mucins, Adam says, and you might end up with a better-performing product that's also more sustainable.

所以亚当说，替换为蛋白，你可能会得到性能更好且更可持续产品。

In mucin, long chains of sugars are attached to specific amino acids in the protein backbone.

在黏蛋白里，一长串糖 会黏着於特定氨基酸位於蛋白质骨干。

Mucins are the primary large molecules in mucus and are essential for giving mucus its slippery feel.

黏蛋白是黏液中最大分子它们让黏液有滑溜感觉。

But a key component of mucus versatility is a set of proteins called mucins.

但是黏液多功能主要 来自於一组称为" 黏蛋白" 蛋白质。

It took four years for Adam and his colleagues at the CUNY Graduate Center — and later his company — to go from the idea of making synthetic mucin to actually holding a vial full of the stuff.

亚当和他同事们在纽约市立大学研究生中心花了四年时间，从蛋白构想到最终拿到一瓶这种物质。

Some of those proteins, called mucins, are responsible for a lot of the magical properties of mucus: the stickiness, the lubrication, and so on.

其中一些蛋白质被称为“蛋白”，是液许多神奇特性原因，比如性、润滑性等等。

At this point they can produce five grams a month of pure synthetic mucin powder — about the same amount you'd find in 13 gallons of snail mucus because mucus is mostly water.

目前他们每月可以生产五克纯蛋白粉，这大约相当于 13 加仑蜗牛黏液中量，因为黏液主要是水。

Or, put another way, Adam says five grams of mucin would be enough to pump out at least 130 gallons of snail mucin anti-wrinkle cream.

换句话说，亚当表示五克蛋白足以制造至少 130 加仑蜗牛黏液抗皱霜。

I'm-a lock all that in with a essence, and mine is a snail mucin essence.

我是——用精华锁住这一切，我是蜗牛蛋白精华。

For example, the essential amino acid, we'll just pick a brain one, tryptophan for serotonin production, or threonine for mucin production in the gut, which helps the gut lining, or, you know, take your pick, phenylalanine.

例如， 必需氨基酸，我们随便选一个， 色氨酸用于血清素生，或者苏氨酸用于肠道黏液生，这有助于肠壁，或者是苯丙氨酸。

So normally the MUC1 gene churns out a protein called mucin 1, which goes to the surface of cells and forms a protective blanket around them.

通常情况下，MUC1基因会产生一种名为蛋白1蛋白质，这种蛋白质会到达细胞表面并形一层性屏障。

Some of these mucins can interact with other mucin molecules to create a complex network that establishes a barrier against pathogens and other invaders.

这些蛋白中一部分能够与其他蛋白分子相互作用，形一个复杂网络，建立起一道抵御病原体和其他入侵者屏障。

Remember, we hypothesized that the mutation in the MUC-1 gene is generating a mucin 1 protein that is not doing what it is supposed to do.

记住，我们假设MUC1基因突变产生了一种不按预期工作蛋白1蛋白。

I use this to rehydrate my face because the next step you need a moist face for snail mucin.

我用它来给我脸补充水分，因为下一步你需要一张湿润脸来补充蜗牛蛋白。

Normally mucin 1 goes to the surface of cells.

通常蛋白1会到细胞表面。

We hypothesized that the mutation in the MUC1 gene is generating a mucin 1 protein that is not doing what it is supposed to do.

我们假设MUC1基因突变产生了一种不按预期功能工作蛋白1蛋白。