Phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate

Phosphatidylinositol (3,4)-bisphosphate (PtdIns(3,4)P₂) is a minor phospholipid component of cell membranes, yet an important second messenger. The generation of PtdIns(3,4)P₂ at the plasma membrane activates a number of important cell signaling pathways.^[1]

PtdIns(3,4)P₂ is dephophosphorylated by the phosphatase INPP4B on the 4 position of the inositol ring and by the TPTE (transmembrane phosphatases with tensin homology) family of phosphatases on the 3 position of the inositol ring.

The PH domain in a number of proteins binds to PtdIns(3,4)P₂ including the PH domain in PKB. The generation of PtdIns(3,4)P₂ at the plasma membrane upon the activation of class I PI 3-kinases and SHIP phosphatases causes these proteins to translocate to the plasma membrane, thereby effecting their activity.

References

^ Dimitrios Karathanassis, Robert V. Stahelin, Jerónimo Bravo, Olga Perisic, Christine M Pacold, Wonhwa Cho and Roger L Williams (2002). "Binding of the PX domain of p47phox to phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate and phosphatidic acid is masked by an intramolecular interaction". EMBO Journal. 21: 5057–5068. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdf519.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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[1] Dimitrios Karathanassis, Robert V. Stahelin, Jerónimo Bravo, Olga Perisic, Christine M Pacold, Wonhwa Cho and Roger L Williams (2002). "Binding of the PX domain of p47phox to phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate and phosphatidic acid is masked by an intramolecular interaction". EMBO Journal. 21: 5057–5068. doi:10.1093/emboj/cdf519.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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