Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables pantothenate kinase activity. Involved in coenzyme A biosynthetic process. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including aerobic respiration; regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential; and spermatid development. Located in cytosol and mitochondrion. Is active in mitochondrial intermembrane space. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration. Orthologous to human PANK2 (pantothenate kinase 2).
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