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ArticleACS chemical biology2021

The Coenzyme A Level Modulator Hopantenate (HoPan) Inhibits Phosphopantotenoylcysteine Synthetase Activity.

Konrad J Mostert, Nandini Sharma, Marianne van der Zwaag, Roxine Staats, Lizbé Koekemoer, Ruchi Anand, Ody C M Sibon, Erick Strauss

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Article in ACS chemical biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Konrad J MostertDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.
Nandini SharmaDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India.
Marianne van der ZwaagDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Roxine StaatsDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.
Lizbé KoekemoerDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.
Ruchi AnandDepartment of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2045-3758
Ody C M SibonDepartment of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9713 AV, The Netherlands.
Erick StraussDepartment of Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 7600, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9898-8226
Stellenbosch University · ZAIndian Institute of Technology Bombay · INUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

Inhibitors of CoA biosynthesis as novel antitubercular and antistaphylococcal agentsR01AI136836 · NIAID · STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY · PI STRAUSS, ERICK · 2018 to 2022
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NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI136836
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pantothenate analogue hopantenate (HoPan) is widely used as a modulator of coenzyme A (CoA) levels in cell biology and disease models─especially for pantothenate kinase associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), a genetic disease rooted in impaired CoA metabolism. This use of HoPan was based on reports that it inhibits pantothenate kinase (PanK), the first enzyme of CoA biosynthesis. Using a combination of

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Amino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCells, CulturedCoenzyme ACrystallizationDrosophila melanogasterEnzyme Inhibitorsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidKineticsMolecular ConformationPantothenic AcidPeptide SynthasesSubstrate SpecificityCoenzyme AEnzyme Inhibitorsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidpantogabPantothenic AcidPeptide Synthasesphosphopantothenoyl-cysteine synthetase

Identifiers

PMID34582681
PMCPMC8726015
OpenAlexW3204779982

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