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Gene information for PANK2 (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID80025
Official gene symbolPANK2
Full namepantothenate kinase 2
Aliases,C20orf48,FLJ17232,HARP,HSS,MGC15053,NBIA1,PKAN,
Gene summaryThis gene encodes a protein belonging to the pantothenate kinase family and is the only member of that family to be expressed in mitochondria. Pantothenate kinase is a key regulatory enzyme in the biosynthesis of coenzyme A (CoA) in bacteria and mammalian cells. It catalyzes the first committed step in the universal biosynthetic pathway leading to CoA and is itself subject to regulation through feedback inhibition by acyl CoA species. Mutations in this gene are associated with HARP syndrome and pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration (PKAN), formerly Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome. Alternative splicing, involving the use of alternate first exons, results in multiple transcripts encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 20   Locus: 20p13
Gene position3869486 - 3904502  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size35017 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID606157