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menaquinone metabolic process |
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- menaquinone metabolism
- menatetrenone metabolic process
- menatetrenone metabolism
- multiprenylmenaquinone metabolic process
- multiprenylmenaquinone metabolism
- vitamin K2 metabolic process
- vitamin K2 metabolism
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| Definition: |
The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of the menaquinones, quinone-derived compounds synthesized by intestinal bacteria. Structurally, menaquinones consist of a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure and side chains composed of a variable number of unsaturated isoprenoid residues. Menaquinones have vitamin K activity and are known as vitamin K2.
http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k
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