Personal essay of a rookie's journey with Bill Pak and his legacy: tales and perspectives on PI-PLC, NorpA and cyclophilin, NinaA - William L. Pak, PhD., 1932-2023: in memoriam.
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Abstract
The neurogenetics and vision community recently mourned William L. Pak, PhD, whose pioneering work spearheaded the genetic, electrophysiological, and molecular bases of biological processes underpinning vision. This essay provides a historical background to the daunting challenges and personal experiences that carved the path to seminal findings. It also reflects on the intellectual framework, mentoring philosophy, and inspirational legacy of Bill Pak's research. An emphasis and perspectives are placed on the discoveries and implications to date of the phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C (PI-PLC), NorpA, and the cyclophilin, NinaA of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, and their respective mammalian homologues, PI-PLCβ4, and cyclophilin-related protein, Ran-binding protein 2 (Ranbp2) in critical biological processes and diseases of photoreceptors and other neurons.
白威廉博士（William L. Pak, PhD.，1932-2023：悼念）的个人随笔：一个菜鸟与比尔-白及其遗产的旅程：关于 PI-PLC、NorpA 和环嗜血素 NinaA 的故事和观点。
神经遗传学和视觉学界最近悼念了威廉-L-帕克（William L. Pak）博士，他的开创性工作是视觉生物过程的遗传学、电生理学和分子基础的先驱。这篇文章介绍了白威廉在取得开创性发现的道路上所面临的艰巨挑战和个人经历的历史背景。文章还反思了比尔-帕克研究的知识框架、指导理念和鼓舞人心的遗产。文章重点论述了迄今为止发现的磷脂酰肌醇特异性磷脂酶 C（P IP LC）、NorpA 和环纤蛋白、果蝇的 NinaA 以及它们各自的哺乳动物同源物 P I-P LCβ4 和环纤蛋白相关蛋白 Ran 结合蛋白 2（Ranbp2）在感光器和其他神经元的关键生物过程和疾病中的作用和影响。
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The Journal is appropriate for papers on behavioral, biochemical, or cellular aspects of neural function, plasticity, aging or disease. In addition to analyses in the traditional genetic-model organisms, C. elegans, Drosophila, mouse and the zebrafish, the Journal encourages submission of neurogenetic investigations performed in organisms not easily amenable to experimental genetics. Such investigations might, for instance, describe behavioral differences deriving from genetic variation within a species, or report human disease studies that provide exceptional insights into biological mechanisms
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