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The phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) phosphates represent a small percentage of total membrane phospholipids. However, they play a critical role in the generation and transmission of cellular signals.1,2 PtdIns-(4,5)-P2 (1,2-dihexanoyl) is a synthetic analog of natural phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) featuring C6:0 fatty acids at the sn-1 and sn-2 positions. The compound features the same inositol and diacylglycerol (DAG) stereochemistry as that of the natural compound. The natural compound is the product of PtdIns-4-phosphate 5-kinase acting on PtdIns-(4)-P1. Hydrolysis of PtdIns-(4,5)-P2 by phosphoinositide (PI)-specific phospholipase C generates inositol triphosphate (IP3) and DAG which are key second messengers in an intricate biochemical signal transduction cascade.
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1. Regulation of phosphoinositide phospholipases by hormones, neurotransmitters, and other agonists linked to G proteins. Annu. Rev. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 36, 481-509 (1996).
2. Inositol phosphate biochemistry. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 61, 225-250 (1992).