The molecule is an inositol phosphoceramide obtained by formal condensation of the carboxy group of 2-hydroxyhexacosanoic acid with the amino group of phytosphingosine-1-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol). It has a role as a fungal metabolite and a mammalian metabolite. It derives from a phytosphingosine and a myo-inositol. It is a conjugate acid of a N-(2-hydroxyhexacosanoyl)phytosphingosine-1-phospho-(1D-myo-inositol)(1-).
[(2S,3S,4R)-3,4-dihydroxy-2-(2-hydroxyhexacosanoylamino)octadecyl] [(2R,3R,5S,6R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxycyclohexyl] hydrogen phosphate