“…Phosphatidylinositols (PI) represent another class of GPLs that have been found to be involved with lipid and cell signaling, as well as regulation of membrane proteins and membrane trafficking. 14,15 PIs show a high diversity in the head group structure, especially since the hydroxyl groups of inositol can be phosphorylated at positions 3, 4, and 5 to generate any of three PI monophosphates (PI(3)P, PI(4)P, PI(5)P), three bisphosphates (PI(3,4)P 2 , PI(3,5)P 2 , PI(4,5)P 2 ), or one triphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P 3 ). PIs are mostly absent in prokaryotic cells.…”