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.
tar and feather, to coat (a person) with tar and feathers as a punishment or humiliation. 3. tar with the same brush, to regard as having the same unfavorable qualities as one whose shortcomings are known.