phosphatidylinositol
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phosphatidylinositol (plural phosphatidylinositols)
(chemistry) a phospholipid containing inositol
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Activation of PI3K results in the production of phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate (PtdIns) which can cause significant elongation of a neurite, converting it into an axon.
Here, a reaction between adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and phosphatidylinositol is coordinated.
It is attached to the polypeptide C-terminus through an amide linkage that then connects to ethanolamine, thence to sundry sugars and finally to the phosphatidylinositol lipid moiety.
This enzyme converts a phospholipid in the cell membrane by the name of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2), into phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate (PIP3), which, in turn, activates protein kinase B (PKB).