Representative phospholipids involving diesterified phosphoric acid

From the Newsletter 1985 [1]

This is a corrected version of part of Table 4 of Nomenclature of phosphorus-containing compounds of biochemical importance [2].

Recommended nameAbbreviationStructure
7)1-(3-sn-Phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol  PtdIns
8)1-(3-sn-Phosphatidyl)-1D-myo-inositol 4-phosphate  PtdIns4P; PtdIns-4-P
9)1-(3-sn-Phosphatidyl)-1D-myo-inositol 4,5-bisphosphate  PtsIns(4,5)P2; Ptdlns-4,5-P2
1. IUPAC-IUB Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN), and Nomenclature Commission of IUB (NC-IUB),.Newsletter 1985, Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 1985, 238, 688-692; Biochem. Internat., 1985, 10, following p 128; Biochem. J., 1985, 225, I-IV; Biol. Chem. Hoppe-Seyler, 1985, 366, 3-7; Biosci. Rep., 1985, 5, 185-188; Chem. Internat., 1984(7), 7-9; Eur. J. Biochem., 1985, 146, 237-239; Trends Biochem. Sci., 1984, 9; 1985, 10, various issues.

2. IUPAC-IUB Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (CBN), Nomenclature of phosphorus-containing compounds of biochemical importance (1976), Biochem. J., 1978, 171, 1-19; Eur. J. Biochem., 1977, 79, 1-9; Hoppe-Seyler's Z. Physiol. Chem., 1977, 358, 599-616; Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA, 1977, 74, 2222-2230; Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents, 2nd edition, Portland Press, 1992, pages 256-264.


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