1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol + a very-long-chain (2'R)-2'-hydroxy-phytoceramide = 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycerol + a (4R)-4-hydroxy-N-[(2R)-2-hydroxy-very-long-chain-acyl]-1-O-[(1D-myo-inositol-1-O-yl)hydroxyphosphoryl]sphinganine
The enzyme, characterized from yeast, attaches a phosphoinositol headgroup to alpha-hydroxyphytoceramides, generating a very-long-chain inositol phospho-alpha hydroxyphytoceramide (IPC), the simplest of the three complex sphingolipids produced by yeast.
Sphingolipid synthesis as a target for antifungal drugs. Complementation of the inositol phosphorylceramide synthase defect in a mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by the AUR1 gene.