menaquinone metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0009233

Synonyms

• menaquinone metabolism
• menatetrenone metabolic process
• menatetrenone metabolism
• multiprenylmenaquinone metabolic process
• multiprenylmenaquinone metabolism
• vitamin K2 metabolic process
• vitamin K2 metabolism

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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Ontology

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