Synonyms:CMD2C, ENTREZ:79717, HGNC:25686, MIM:609853, NM_001077447, NM_001287506, NM_001287507, NM_001287508, NM_001287509, NM_001287510, NM_001287511, NM_024664, NP_001070915, NP_001274435, NP_001274436, NP_001274437, NP_001274438, NP_001274439, NP_001274440, NP_078940, PPCS, phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase
Omim:OMIM:609853
Id:b85467ef-bc25-5029-b945-b44327fc4047
Hgnc:HGNC:25686
Description:phosphopantothenoylcysteine synthetase
Biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA) from pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is an essential universal pathway in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. PPCS (EC 6.3.2.5), one of the last enzymes in this pathway, converts phosphopantothenate to phosphopantothenoylcysteine (Daugherty et al., 2002 [PubMed 11923312]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]