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BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 393, Issue 9, Pages 979-998Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2012-0133
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high energy phosphate; P-i uptake regulation; PP-InsP(5); PP2-InsP(4)
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Diphosphoinositol phosphates are a subclass of inositol phosphates possessing one or two high energy diphosphate groups instead of phosphoester substituents of the myo-inositol. Here we describe the enzymes responsible for their synthesis and degradation and how these may be regulated. Formation of diphosphoinositol phosphates in yeast and mammals is driven by an increase of the cellular energy charge, a lack of inorganic phosphate, and in mammals by osmotic or heat stress and in some cases by receptor mediated signaling. Known cellular actions are an improvement of the cell homeostasis by a reduction of the energy charge, increased phosphate uptake, improvement of mitochondrial performance, and an increase of insulin secretion in mammals. The underlying molecular mechanisms of action are far from being clarified but an increasing body of knowledge about molecular details has highlighted their complex participation in many cellular systems and metabolic processes.
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