Phosphoinositides, Major Actors in Membrane Trafficking and Lipid Signaling Pathways.

Johan-Owen De Craene, Dimitri L Bertazzi, Séverine Bär, Sylvie Friant

International journal of molecular sciences 2017 Mar 15

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Phosphoinositides are lipids involved in the vesicular transport of proteins and lipids between the different compartments of eukaryotic cells. They act by recruiting and/or activating effector proteins and thus are involved in regulating various cellular functions, such as vesicular budding, membrane fusion and cytoskeleton dynamics. Although detected in small concentrations in membranes, their role is essential to cell function, since imbalance in their concentrations is a hallmark of many cancers. Their synthesis involves phosphorylating/dephosphorylating positions D3, D4 and/or D5 of their inositol ring by specific lipid kinases and phosphatases. This process is tightly regulated and specific to the different intracellular membranes. Most enzymes involved in phosphoinositide synthesis are conserved between yeast and human, and their loss of function leads to severe diseases (cancer, myopathy, neuropathy and ciliopathy).

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Johan-Owen De Craene, Dimitri L Bertazzi, Séverine Bär, Sylvie Friant. Phosphoinositides, Major Actors in Membrane Trafficking and Lipid Signaling Pathways. International journal of molecular sciences. 2017 Mar 15;18(3)