Type III pantothenate kinase catalyses the phosphorylation of pantothenate (Pan), the first step in the universal pathway of CoA biosynthesis.

1: Crystal structure of a type III pantothenate kinase: insight into the mechanism of an essential coenzyme A biosynthetic enzyme universally distributed in bacteria. Yang K, Eyobo Y, Brand LA, Martynowski D, Tomchick D, Strauss E, Zhang H; J Bacteriol. 2006;188:5532-5540. PMID:16855243