Pantothenic Acid Review

PANTOTHENIC ACID

Structure

• B-alanine
• pantoic acid
• joined by amide linkage

SOURCES

Found everywhere! Deficiency is rare

DIGESTION, ABSORPTION, METABOLISM, and EXCRETION

FUNCTION/MOA

RAW MATERIAL for CoA - without Pantathenic Acid we would have no:

• Acetyl CoA
• Malonyl CoA
• Fatty Acyl CoA
• Hydroxy 3 Medroxyl Glutyl CoA (HMG-CoA)

Example is the cholesterol pathway synthesis - so CoA vital for cholesterol:

Fxn bind carboxylic acid and transfer them to other molecules

Uses:
Chronic fatigue
Anemia related fatigue