A tale of unfolded protein pathos

J: btw congrats on finishing your book
Me: XD Yeah, it's pretty much a book, isn't it?
J: so what's the hero's name?
Me: Inositol Requiring Enzyme 1 alpha.
Me: It's about her epic quest to save the cell from the dangerous hordes of unfolded protein.
J: wow!
J: sounds epic
J: must build on the arthurian english tradition then
J: is there a damsel in distress?
J: ha ha ha
Me: the endoplasmic reticulum, suffering terribly from the torments of aggregation, reactive oxygen species and calcium imbalance.
J: oh my!
J: sounds like an amazing story!
500 pages of gripping suspense, heroism, and polymerase chain reactions.
J: i think the inositol requiring enzyme alpha 1 is a metaphor for post-war britain and the postcolonial diasporic ethos
Me: What, with all the hostile cultural influences of the transcription factors upregulating protein expression?
Me: And the legacy of the of ribosomal shutdown by eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha of Indian independence?
Me: okay, that was a step too far.