INOSITOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does inositol mean? 

• INOSITOL (noun)
  The noun INOSITOL has 1 sense:

1. an optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex

  Familiarity information: INOSITOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INOSITOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An optically inactive alcohol that is a component of the vitamin B complex

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("inositol" is a kind of...):

B; B-complex vitamin; B complex; B vitamin; vitamin B; vitamin B complex (originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins)

 Context examples 

Growth factor receptors first stimulate PI 3 kinase, and through inositol phosphates activate PDK-1 and AKT (protein kinase B).

(mTOR Signaling Pathway BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Furthermore, agonist receptors activate calcium channels of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) via phospholipase C and inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate.

(Nitric Oxide Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Some PH domains bind with high affinity (low mM or nM Kd) to specific phosphoinositides such as phosphatidyl-inositol (PI) -4,5-bisphosphate, PI-3,4-P2 or PI-3,4,5-P3.

(PH Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

A phosphatidic acid combined with inositol found in biomembranes and a precursor to certain cellular signals.

(Phosphatidylinositol, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is an inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate-associated cGMP kinase substrate.

(JAW1-Related Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor type 1 protein, is involved in the mediation of intracellular calcium release.

(ITPR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Use of inositol niacinate is associated with less flushing than that seen with the use of free niacin.

(Inositol Niacinate, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes type II inositol 3,4-bisphosphate 4-phosphatase protein, plays a role in the regulation of phosphatidylinositol signaling and metabolism.

(INPP4B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called inositol hexaphosphate and phytic acid.

(IP6, NCI Dictionary)

This protein is involved in the modulation of the phosphorylation of inositol.

(Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Regulatory Subunit Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)