Pantoate kinase (, ''PoK'', ''TK2141 protein'') is an
enzyme
Enzymes () are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. The molecules upon which enzymes may act are called substrate (chemistry), substrates, and the enzyme converts the substrates into different molecule ...
with
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A semisystematic name or semitrivial ...
''ATP:(R)-pantoate 4-phosphotransferase''.
This enzyme
catalyses the following
chemical reaction
A chemical reaction is a process that leads to the chemical transformation of one set of chemical substances to another. Classically, chemical reactions encompass changes that only involve the positions of electrons in the forming and break ...
: ATP + (R)-
pantoate
Pantoic acid is the alpha hydroxy acid with the formula HOCH2C(CH3)2CH(OH)CO2H. The compound is almost always encountered in a biological context, as an aqueous solution of its conjugate base pantoate HOCH2C(CH3)2CH(OH)CO2-. The amide of pantoic a ...
ADP + (R)-4-phosphopantoate
The conversion of (R)-pantoate to (R)-4'-phosphopantothenate is done during
biosynthesis of 4'-phosphopantetheine,.
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