生物专业英语第三版蒋悟生课文翻译精华整理

1、Most of the properties we associate with life are properties of the cytoplasm.Much of the mass of a cell consists of this semifluid substance, which isbounded on the outside by the plasma membrane. Organelles are suspendedwithin it, supported by t. of the cytoskeleton. Dissolved inluid are nutrients

2、, ions, soluble proteins, and other materials needed for cell functioning.生命的大部分特征表现在细胞质的特征上。细胞质大部分由半流体物 质组成，并由细胞膜包被。细胞器悬浮在其中，并由丝状的细胞骨架支撑。细胞质 中溶解了大量的营养物质、离子、可溶蛋白以及维持细胞生理需求的其它物质。The eukaryotic cell nucleus is the largest organelle and houses the genetic material (DNA) on chromosomes. (In prokaryotes

3、the hereditary material is found in the nucleoid.) The nucleus also contains one or two organelles-the nucleoli-that play a role in cell division. A pore-perforated sac called the nuclear envelope separates the nucleus and its contents from the cytoplasm. Small molecules can pass through the nuclear

4、 envelope, but larger molecules such as mRNA and ribosomes must enter and exit via the pores.真核细胞的细胞核是最大的细胞器，为染色体上遗传物质( DNA提供空间(原核生物遗传物质存 在于拟核中)。细胞核含有一或二个核仁，在细胞分裂中发挥作用。一个穿孔的囊叫 核膜，将细胞核和其中内含物与细胞质分开，小分子物质可以自由通过核膜，但大 分子物质如mRN府口核糖体必须通过核孔进出核膜。All eukaryotic cells contain most of the various kinds of organ

5、elles, and each organelle performs a specialized function in the cell. Organelles described in this section include ribosomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, vacuoles, lysosomes, mitochondria, and the plastids of plant cells.所有的真核细胞都含有多种细胞器，每种细胞器在细胞中行使一项专门功能。 本节主要介绍核糖体、内质网、高尔基体系、液泡、溶酶

6、体、线粒体和植物细胞中 的质体。The number of ribosomes within a cell may range from a few hundred to many thousands. This quantity reflects the fact that, ribosomes are the sites at which amino acids are assembled into proteins for export or for use in cell processes. A complete ribosome is composed of one larger

7、and one smaller subunit. During protein synthesis the two subunits move along a strand of mRNA, reading the geneticsequence coded in it and translatingthatsequence into protein.Several ribosomes maybecomeattached to a single mRNAstrand; such a combination is called a polysome. Most cellular proteins

8、 are manufactured on ribosomes in the cytoplasm. Exportable proteins and membrane proteins are usually made in association with the endoplasmic reticulum.细胞中核糖体的数量变化从几百到几千，核糖体数量如此之多反映了核 糖体是氨基酸组装成蛋白质并被运出或在细胞过程中使用的位点这样一个事实。完 整的核糖体由大亚基和小亚基组成。在蛋白质合成中两个亚基沿mRNA移动，阅读其中编码的遗传序列，将序列翻译成蛋白质。一条mRNAt可能有多个核糖体，这种组合

9、称多聚核糖体。大多数细胞中的蛋白质由细胞质中的核糖体（游离核糖体） 制造。运输蛋白和膜蛋白通常由附着于内质网上的核糖体制造。The endoplasmic reticulum, a lacy array of membranous sacs, tubules, and vesicles, may be either rough (RER) or smooth (SER). Both types play roles in the synthesis and transport of proteins. The RER, which is studded with polysomes, also

10、 seems to be the source of the nuclear envelope after a cell divides.内质网是由膜状囊、管和小泡等排列在一起，有粗面内质网和滑面内质网 两种类型。两种类型都与蛋白质的合成和运输有关。粗面内质网上散布着多聚核糖 体，似乎也是细胞分裂后形成核膜的来源。SER lacks polysomes; it is active in the synthesis of fats and steroids and in the oxidation of toxic substances in the cell. Both types of en

11、doplasmic reticulum serve as compartments within the cell where specific products can be isolated and subsequently shunted to particular areas in or outside the cell.光滑内质网上无核糖体/光滑内质网上缺乏多聚核糖体，主要作用是脂肪和类 固醇的合成以及细胞内有毒物质的氧化。两种内质网合成的产物在其中进行分流或 运输到细胞外/这两种类型的内质网都担当细胞中的隔断，致使特殊产物能够分离并最终逃避到细胞内外的特定区域。Transport

12、vesicles may carry exportable molecules from the endoplasmic reticulum to another membranous organelle, the Golgi complex. Within theGolgi complex molecules are modified and packaged for export out of the cell or for delivery else where in the cytoplasm.运输小泡能够将可运输分子从内质网运输到高尔基复合体上。在高尔基复合体中修 饰，包装后输出细胞

13、或传递到细胞质中的其他场所。Vacuoles in cells appear to be hollow sacs but are actually filled with fluid and soluble molecules. The most prominent vacuoles appear in plant cells and serve as water reservoirs and storage sites for sugars and other molecules. Vacuoles in animal cells carry out phagocytosis (the in

14、take of particulate matter) and pinocytosis (vacuolar drinking).细胞中的液泡好象是中空的， 但实际上充满了液体和可溶性分子。最典型的液泡存在于植物细胞中，储备水，糖以 及其它分子。动物中的液泡起吞噬(颗粒物的吸收)和胞饮作用。A subset of vacuoles are the organelles known as lysosomes, which contain digestive e(packaged in lysosomes in the Golgi complex) that can break down most

15、biological macromolecules. They act to digest food particles and to degrade damaged cell parts.溶酶体是液泡亚单位，含有消化酶(在高尔基体中的溶酶体中包装而成)，能够降解大部分生物大分子。消化食物微粒和降解损伤的细胞残片/行使消化食物颗粒和分解损坏的细胞组件的作用。Mitochondria are the sites of energy-yielding chemical reactions in all cells. In addition, plant cells contain plastids

16、 that utilize light energytomanufacture carbohydrates in the process of photosynthesis. It is on the large surface area provided by the inner cristae of mitochondria that ATP-generating enzymes are located. Mitochondria are self-replicating, and probably they are the evolutionary descendants of what

17、 were once free-living prokaryotes.线粒体是所有细胞中发生产能化学反应的场所。另外，植物细胞中的质体在光合作用中利用光能产生碳水化合物，线粒体内崎上提供了很大的表面积并分布着产ATP酶。线粒体自我复制，并且可能是自由生活的原核生物在进化中形成的后代。There are two types of plastids: leucoplasts, which lack pigments and serve as storage sites for starch, proteins, and oils; and chromoplasts, which contain p

18、igments.The most important chromoplasts are chloroplasts-organelles that contain the chlorophyll used in photosynthesis. The internal structure of chloroplasts includes stacks of membranes called grana, which are embedded in a matrix called the stroma.质体有两种类型：白色体，缺乏色素，是淀粉、蛋白质和油类的贮存场所；色质体，含有色素。叶绿 体是最

19、重要的色质体，含有与光合作用有关的叶绿素。叶绿体的内部结构是由多层 膜垛叠形成的叶绿体基粒，其中包埋在基质中的基粒称子座。All eukaryotic cells have a cytoskeleton, which is a convoluted latticework of filaments and tubules that appears to fill all available space in the cell and provides support for various other organelles. A large portion of the cytoskeleto

20、n consists of threadlike microfilaments composed mainly of the contractile protein actin. They are involved in many types of intracellular movements in plant and animal cells. A second protein, myosin, is involvein the contraction of muscle cells. Another main structural component of the cytoskeleto

21、n consists of microtubules, which are composed of the globular protein tubulin and together act as scaffolding that provides a stable cell shape. Cytoskeletal intermediate filaments appear tensile strength to thecell cytoplasm. Mechanoenzymes such as myosin, dynein, and kinesin interact with the cyt

22、oskeletal filaments and tubules to generate forces that cause movements.所有的真核细胞都有细胞骨架，它是由细丝和管组成的回旋状的网格， 似乎充满了细胞中的所有空间并为其它各种细胞器提供了支撑作用。细胞骨架大部 分由线状的微丝组成，微丝主要由可收缩的肌动蛋白组成。动物和植物细胞中多种 类型的细胞运动与肌动蛋白有关。第二类蛋白是肌球蛋白，它与肌肉细胞的收缩有 关。细胞骨架的另一个主要结构组分是微管，由球形蛋白质一微管蛋白组成，象脚 手架那样使细胞维持稳定的形状。细胞骨架的中间丝提供了细胞质伸缩动力。一些 动力酶如，肌球蛋白，动

23、力蛋白，驱动蛋白与微丝、微管相互作用产生动力而引起 细胞运动。Although the cytoskeleton provides somestability to cells, its microtubules and filaments and their associated proteins enable cells to moveby creeping or gliding . Such movements require a solid substrate to which the cell can adhere and can be guided by the geometry

24、of the surface. Some cells also exhibit chemotaxis, the ability to move toward or away from the source of a diffusing chemical.尽管细胞骨架提供了细胞的某些稳定性，微丝,微管及相关 蛋白能使细胞爬行或滑动。这种运动需要固体基质依托并通过表面几何形状的改变 而运动。某些细胞具备趋化性，即趋向或逃离扩散开的化学源。Certain eukaryotic cells can swim freely in liquid environments, propelledstructu

25、re: nineby whiplike cilia or flagella. Both cilia and flagella have the sameinternaldoublets (pairs of microtubules) are arranged in a ring and extend the length of the cilium or flagellum, and two more microtubules rundown the center of the ring. Every cilium or flagellum grows only from the cell s

26、urface where a basal body is located. Movement is based on the activities of tiny dynein side arms that extend from one of the microtubules of each doublet.某些真核细胞能在液体中自由运动，由纤毛或鞭毛推动。纤毛和鞭毛具有同样的内部结构：9个联管（微管对）排列成环状，沿纤毛或鞭毛纵向延 伸，环中心是两个或两个以上微管组成。纤毛或鞭毛从细胞表面的基体长出，双微 管的动力蛋白臂从一侧延伸到另一侧而引起运动。Nutrients, proteins,

27、 and other materials within most plant cells are moved about via cytoplasmic streaming. The process occurs as myosin proteins attached to organelles push against microfilaments arrayed throughout the cell. Microfilaments and microtubules are responsible for almost all major cytoplasmic movements. Du

28、ring cell division, microtubules of the spindle assembled from tubutin subunits near organelles called centrioles move the chromosomes.大部分植物细胞的营养物质、蛋白质和其它物质通过胞质流动进行运 动。这个过程是由于依附在细胞器上的肌球蛋白推动微丝在细胞中重排形成的。绝 大部分细胞质运动由微丝和微管完成。在细胞分裂过程中，中心粒周围的由微管蛋 白亚基装配形成的纺锤体微管移向染色体。Photosynthesis occurs only in the chlorop

29、hyllchlorophyll-containing cells of green plants, algae, and certain protists and bacteria. Overall, it is a process that converts light energy into chemical energy that is stored inthe molecular bonds. From the point of view of chemistry and energetics, it is the opposite of cellular respiration. W

30、hereas cellular respiration is highly exergonic and releases energy, photosynthesis requires energy and is highly endergonic.光合作用只发生在绿色植物，海藻，某些原生动物和细菌等含有叶绿素的细胞中。总体来说，这是一个将光能转化成化学能，并将能量贮存在化 学键中。从化学和能量学的角度来看，它是细胞呼吸作用的对立面。细胞呼吸作用 是高度放能的，而光合作用是需要能量并高吸能的过程。Photosynthesis starts with CO2and H20as raw mater

31、ials and proceeds through two sets of partial reactions. In the first set, called the light-dependent reactions, water molecules are split（oxidized）, 02 is released, and ATPand NADPH are formed. These reactions must take place in the presence of light energy. In the second set, called light-independ

32、ent reactions, CO2is reduced （via the addition of H atoms） to carbohydrate. These chemical events rely on the electron carrier NADP图nd ATPgenerated by the first set of reactions. 光合作用以二氧化碳和水为原材料并经历两步化学反应。第一步反应称为光反应， 水分子分解（氧化），放出氧气，形成 ATP和NADPH这些反应必须有光能的存在才 能进行。第二步称为非光依赖型反应（暗反应），二氧化碳被还原（通过加氢）成碳水化合物，这

33、步反应依赖于第一步反应产生的NADP侪口 ATP作为电子载体Both sets of reactions take place in chloroplasts. Most of the enzymes and pigments for the lightdependent reactions are embedded in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts. The dark reactions take place in the stroma.上两步反应都发生在叶绿体中。光反应需要的大部分酶和色素包埋在叶绿体的类囊 体膜上。暗反应发生在基质中。Th

34、e energy in light photons in the visible part of the spectrum can be captured by biological molecules to do constructive work. The pigment chlorophyll in plant cells absorbs photons within a particular absorption spectrums statement of the amount of light absorbed by chlorophyll at different wavelen

35、gths. When light is abt alters the arrangement of electrons in the absorbingmolecule. The added energy of the photon boosts the energyconditionof the molecule from a stable state to a less-stable excited state.During the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis, as the absorbing molecule returns

36、to the ground state, the excess excitation energy is transmitted to other molecules and stored as chemical energy.生物分子能捕获可见光谱中的光能用于建设性的工作。植物细胞中叶绿素在不同光波下吸收特定 吸收光谱。当光线被吸收时，光的作用使分子中的电子发生重排/它改变了吸收分子的电子排列。由光子增加的能量推进分子的能量状况从稳定状态(基态)转变为不 稳定的激发态。在光合作用的光反应过程中，吸收分子又回到基态，多余的激发能 传递到其它分子中，以化学能的形式储存起来。All photosy

37、nthetic organisms contain various classes of chlorophylls and one or more carotenoid (accessory) pigments that also contribute to photosynthesis. Groups of pigment molecules called antenna complexes are present on thylakoids. Light striking any one of the pigment molecules isfunneled to a special ch

38、lorophyll a molecule, termed a reaction-center chlorophyll, which directly participates in photosynthesis. Most photosynthetic organisms possess two types of reaction-center chlorophylls, P680 and P700, each associated with an electron acceptor molecule and an electron donor. These aggregations are

39、known respectively as photosystemI (P700) and photosystem n (P680).所有的光合作用生物含有不同等级的叶绿 素和一种或多种类胡萝卜素(辅助色素)，这些色素在光合作用中发挥作用。称作天 线复合体的色素分子群存在于类囊体中。到达任何一个色素分子的光能汇集到称为 反应中心叶绿素的特殊的叶绿素分子上，它直接参与光合作用。大部分光反应细胞 器拥有两套反应中心，P680和P700,每个光系统与电子受体分子和电子供体分子相 关联。这些集合体就是大家熟识的光合系统I(P700)和光合系统n (P680) oThe photosystems of

40、the light-dependent reactions are responsible for the packaging of light energy in the chemical compounds ATP and NADPH. This packaging takes place through a series of oxidation reduction reactions set in motion when light strikes the P680 reaction center in photosystemn . Inthis initial event water

41、 molecules are cleaved, oxygen is released, and electrons are donated. These electrons are accepted first by plastoquinone and then by a series of carriers as they descend an electron transport chain. For each four electrons that pass down the chain, two ATPs are formed. The last acceptor in the cha

42、in is the P700 reaction center of photosystemI .At this point incoming photons boost the energy of the electrons, and theyare accepted by ferredoxin. Ferredoxinis then reoxidized, and the coenzymeNADP+ is reduced to the NADPH. The ATP generated previously and the NADPHthen take part in the light ind

43、ependent reactions.光反应的光系统将光能转化成化学复合物 ATP和NADPH当光激活光系统n的光反应中心时，通过一系列的 氧化还原反应实现能量的传递。/这一包装过程从光线到达光合系统II的活性中心P680这一步骤开始，包括了一系列氧化还原反应反应。在第一个步骤中，水分子被 分解，放出氧气，提供电子。电子首先传递给质体醍，然后通过一系列载体形成的 电子传递链。每传递4个电子，形成2个ATR链的最终受体是光合系统I的P700活 性中心。此处光子激活电子，电子传递给铁氧还蛋白。铁氧还蛋白再氧化，并且辅 酶NADP还原成NADPH前面产生的ATP和NADP进入暗反应。The prod

44、uction of ATPfrom the transport of electrons excited by light energy down an electron transport chain is termed photophosphorylation. The one-way flow of electrons through photosystems II and I is called noncyclic photophosphorylation; plants also derive additional ATP through cyclic photophosphoryl

45、ation, in which some electrons are shunted back through the electron transport chain between photosystems n and I .由光能激发产生的 电子沿电子传递链传递并产生ATP的过程称为光合磷酸化。电子通过光合系统n流经光合系统I的电子路径称非循环式光合磷酸化；植物通过循环式光合磷酸化获得 额外的atp,在这一过程中一些电子在光合系统I和n之间的电子传递链中回流。In the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis, which are d

46、riven byATP and NADPH, C02 is converted to carbohydrate. The reactions are also known as the Calvin-Benson cycle. Atmospheric CO2, is fixed as it reacts withribulose biphosphate (RuBP), a reaction that is catalyzed by the enzyme ribulose biphosphate carboxylThe reduction Of C02 to carbohydrate (fruc

47、tose diphosphate several more steps of the cycle. Finally, RUBP is regenerated so that the cycle may continue. 由ATP和NADP用区动的暗反应中，CO2$专化成碳水化合物。即卡尔文-本森循环。在二磷酸核酮糖竣化酶的催化下，二磷酸核酮糖固 定空气中的CO2 CO2通过循环中的几步反应还原成为糖类(二磷酸果糖)，最终核酮糖二磷酸再生，这样循环能够持续进行。High levels of oxygen in plant cells can disrupt photosynthesis and

48、 can also cause photorespiration-an inefficient fun of the dark reactions in which 02 is fixed rather than C02 and no carbohydrate is produced.植物细胞中高浓度的氧气能够破坏光合作用，同时也能够引起光呼吸，这是一种效率差的暗反应，02而不是CO2被固定，不产生糖类。Most plants are C3 plants; they experience decreased carbohydrate production under hot, dry cond

49、itions as a result of the effects of photorespiration.Among C4 plants, however, special leaf anatomy and a unique biochemical pathway enable the plant to thrive in and conditions. Thus C4 plants lessen photorespiration by carrying out photosynthesis only in cellsthat areinsulated from high levels of

50、 CO2. They also possess a novel mechanism for carbon fixation. 许多植物是C3植物，在高温干旱条件下，由于光呼吸作用而使碳 水化合物的合成降低。而在大多数的C4植物中，由于叶脉的特殊构造和独特的化学路径使植物依然很茂盛。这样C4植物并非在细胞中存在高浓度的CO2条件下才能进行光合作用，这是碳固定的一个新机制The cell nucleus is the main repository of genetic information. Within the nucleus are the chromosomes tightly coil

51、ed strands of DNA and clusters of associated proteins. Long stretches of the continuous DNA molecule wind around these clusters of proteins, or histones, forming beadlike complexes known as nucleosomes. More coiling and supercoiling produces a dense chromosome structure. Each long strand of DNA comb

52、ines with histones and nonhistone proteins to make up the substance chromatin.细胞核是贮藏遗传信息的主要场所。DNA&绕成螺旋线以及相关的成簇蛋白质。DNA螺旋线缠绕成簇的组 蛋白形成珠链状的核小体。这些螺旋或超螺旋形成致密的染色体组结构。每个长链 DNAf组蛋白和非组蛋白一起构成染色质。A pictorial display of an organisms chromosomes in the coiled, condensed state is known as a karyotype. Karyotype re

53、veal that in most cells all but sex chromosomes are present as two copies, referred to as homologous pairs. Non-sex chromosomesare called autoso.Organisms whose cells contain two sets of parental chromosomes are called diploid; those with cells containing a single set of parental chromosomes are cal

54、led haploid.以图示方式展示出来的螺旋的、浓缩状态有机体染色体，称为染色体组型。除了性染色体外，大多数细 胞的染色体组成对出现，称同源染色体对。非性染色体称常染色体。生物细胞含有 两套亲本染色体的有机体称为二倍体；含有单套染色体的有机体称单倍体。The cell cycle is a regular sequence in which the cell grows, prepares for division,and divides to form two daughter cells, each of which then repeats the cycle. Such cycli

55、ng in effect makes single-celled organisms immortal. Many cellsin multicellular organisms, including animal muscle and nerve cells, either slow the cycle or break out of it altogether.细胞周期是一个有顺序的过程：细胞生长、准备分裂、分裂形成两个子细胞，子细胞再循环。此循环使得单细胞生 物永生。多细胞生物中的许多细胞，包括动物肌肉和神经细胞，能够使细胞周期时 间延长或完全脱离细胞周期。The normal cell

56、 cycle consists of four phases. The first three include G1, the period of normal metabolism; S phase, during which normal synthesis of biological molecules continues, DNA is replicated, and histones are synthesized; and G2, a brief period of metabolism and additional growth.Toget G1, S, and G2 phase

57、s are called interphase. The fourth phase of thecell cycle is M phase, the period of mitosis, during which the replicatedchromosomes condense and move and the cell divides. It is believed thatproperties of the cell cytoplasm control the cell cycle, along with external stimulators and inhibitors such

58、 as chalones.正常的细胞周期包括四步。 前 3步包括G1（正常的代谢阶段）；S期（持续进行生物分子的正常合成，DNA复制，组蛋白合成）；G2期（代谢和再次生长的短阶段）。G1期、S期和G2期合起来称为间 期。细胞周期的第四步为 M期（进行有丝分裂的阶段），在这一阶段，复制的染色 体浓缩、运动，细胞分裂。被认为是细胞质的特性和外部的刺激因子和抑制剂例如 抑素控制了细胞周期Biologists divide the mitotic cycle into four phases. At the beginning of prophase the chromosomes each cons

59、ist of two highly condensed chromatids attached to each other at a centromere. As prophase ends and metaphase begins, the condensed chromosomes become associated with the spindle. Eventually thein a plane (called the metaphase plate) at a rig spindle fibers. Next, during anaphase , the two sister ch

60、romatids of each chromosome split, and one from each pair is drawn toward each pole of the cell. During telophase nuclear envelopes begin to form around each set of chromosomes, and division of the cytoplasm takes place.生物学家将有丝分裂划分为4个阶段。分裂前期，每一条染色体包括两条高度浓缩的染色单体，两个染色单体通过着丝粒连接在一起。当前期结束时，分裂中期开始，浓缩的染色体与