The decarboxylation of phosphopantothenoylcysteine (PPC) to 4'-phosphopantetheine (PPANT) is carried out by phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase (PPCDC). PPCDC is cytosolic and exists as a homotrimer, binding one FMN cofactor per subunit. While a second isoform has been inferred from large-scale sequnceing studies, it lacks the protein's FMN-binding domain and would thus appear to be nonfunctional if it is expressed.
Osterman, A, Farrell, M, Daugherty, M, de Crecy-Lagard, V, Scholle, M, Polanuyer, B, Lykidis, A
Begley, TP, Brand, LA, Zhai, H, Strauss, E, McLafferty, FW
phosphopantothenoylcysteine decarboxylase activity of 3xPPCDC:3xFMN [cytosol]
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