Mannosyl-diinositol-phosphorylceramide is involved in sphingolipid metabolism. Mannosyl-inositol-phosphorylceramide reacts with inositol phosphate to produce mannosyl-diinositol-phosphorylceramide and H2O.
belongs to the class of organic compounds known as phosphosphingolipids. These are sphingolipids with a structure based on a sphingoid base that is attached to a phosphate head group. They differ from phosphonospingolipids which have a phosphonate head group.