Abstract
The consensus has been that intracellular coenzyme A (CoA) is obtained exclusively by de novo biosynthesis via a universal, conserved five-step pathway in the cell cytosol. However, old and new evidence suggest that cells (and some microorganisms) have several strategies to obtain CoA, with 4′-phosphopantetheine (P-PantSH; the fourth intermediate in the canonical CoA biosynthetic pathway) serving as a 'nexus' metabolite.
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The authors thank S. Hayflick for valuable comments. O.C.M.S. is supported by a Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) VICI grant, and E.S. by grants from the South African National Research Foundation (NRF).
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Sibon, O., Strauss, E. Coenzyme A: to make it or uptake it?. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 17, 605–606 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm.2016.110
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