DISEASES

Disease-gene associations mined from literature

Literature on PPCS

PPCS [ENSP00000361642]

Phosphopantothenate--cysteine ligase; Catalyzes the second step in the biosynthesis of coenzyme A from vitamin B5, where cysteine is conjugated to 4'-phosphopantothenate to form 4-phosphopantothenoylcysteine (PubMed:11923312, PubMed:12906824, PubMed:29754768). Has a preference for ATP over CTP as a cosubstrate .

Synonyms:  PPCS,  Q5VVM2,  Q5VVM3,  Q9HAB8,  Q5VVM2p ...

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