In all living organisms, Coenzyme A is synthesized in a five-step process that requires four molecules of ATP, from pantothenate and cysteine: 1  Pantothenate (vitamin B5) is phosphorylated to 4'-phosphopantothenate by the enzyme pantothenate kinase (PanK; CoaA; CoaX)
Origin: From TARDIS, the time machine in British science-fiction TV programme Doctor Who. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: The TARDIS is a time machine and spacecraft in the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who and its associated spin-offs. A TARDIS is a product of the advanced technology of the Time Lords, an extraterrestrial civilisation to which the programme's central character, the Doctor, belongs.
[tÃ¤râ²sÉs] pl. tarsi. Etymology: Gk, tarsos, flat surface. 1 the flat area of articulation between the foot and the leg or the edge of the eyelid. 2 also called tarsal cartilage, tarsal plate. Any one of the fibrous plates of cartilage about 2.5 cm long that form the eyelids. One tarsal plate shapes and gives solidarity to the edge of each eyelid.