scyllo-Inositol hexakisphosphate is a stereoisomer of inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), an organic phosphorous compound found in the environment.1 scyllo-Inositol hexakisphosphate has been identified in soil samples from Madagascar, New Zealand, and the Falkland Islands and in freshwater sediment from Danish lakes.2,3 scyllo-Inositol hexakisphosphate has been used as a negative control for the stereospecific effects of myo-inositol hexakisphosphate on IK,in in intact guard cells.4
References
1. Turner, B.L., Cheesman, A.W., Godage, H.Y., et al. Determination of neo- and D-chiro-Inositol hexakisphosphate in soils by solution 31P NMR spectroscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46(9), 4994-5002 (2012).
2. J•rgensen, C., Jensen, H.S., Andersen, F.•., et al. Occurrence of orthophosphate monoesters in lake sediments: Significance of myo- and scyllo-inositol hexakisphosphate. J. Environ. Monit. 13(8), 2328-2334 (2011).
3. J•rgensen, C., Turner, B.L., and Reitzel, K. Identification of inositol hexakisphosphate binding sites in soils by selective extraction and solution 31P NMR spectroscopy. Geoderma 257-258, 22-28 (2015).
4. Lemtiri-Chlieh, F., MacRobbie, E.A., and Brearley, C.A. Inositol hexakisphosphate is a physiological signal regulating the K+-inward rectifying conductance in guard cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97(15), 8687-8692 (2000).