dictionary help| PIP2 --> phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate | medical dictionary |
<biochemistry> This is a molecule of phosphatidylinositol with two additional sites of phosphorylation.
It is an important constituent of cell membrane phospholipids as well as a precursor of the second messengers, diacylglycerol and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate.
Acronym: PIP2
Abbreviation: PIP2
(20 Sep 2002)
phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 5-phosphatase, phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphatase < Prev | Next > phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate kinase
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