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CDIPT

CDP-diacylglycerol—inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CDIPT gene.[1][2]

Phosphatidylinositol breakdown products are ubiquitous second messengers that function downstream of multiple G protein-coupled receptors and tyrosine kinases regulating cell growth, calcium metabolism, and protein kinase C activity. Two enzymes, CDP-diacylglycerol synthase and phosphatidylinositol synthase, are involved in the biosynthesis of phosphatidylinositol. Phosphatidylinositol synthase, a member of the CDP-alcohol phosphatidyl transferase class-I family, is an integral membrane protein found on the cytoplasmic side of the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus.[2]

References

References

  1. Lykidis A, Jackson PD, Rock CO, Jackowski S (Jan 1998). “The role of CDP-diacylglycerol synthetase and phosphatidylinositol synthase activity levels in the regulation of cellular phosphatidylinositol content”. J Biol Chem. 272 (52): 33402–9. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.52.33402. PMID 9407135.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: CDIPT CDP-diacylglycerol–inositol 3-phosphatidyltransferase (phosphatidylinositol synthase)”.
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