menaquinone biosynthetic process

Term ID

GO:0009234

Synonyms

• menaquinone anabolism
• menaquinone biosynthesis
• menaquinone formation
• menaquinone synthesis
• menatetrenone biosynthesis
• menatetrenone biosynthetic process
• multiprenylmenaquinone biosynthesis
• multiprenylmenaquinone biosynthetic process
• vitamin K2 biosynthesis
• vitamin K2 biosynthetic process

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of the menaquinones. Structurally, menaquinones consist of a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure and side chains composed of a variable number of unsaturated isoprenoid residues. Menaquinones that have vitamin K activity and are known as vitamin K2. http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k

References

• MetaCyc:MENAQUINONESYN-PWY

Ontology

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