menaquinone catabolic process

Term ID

GO:0042361

Synonyms

• menaquinone breakdown
• menaquinone catabolism
• menaquinone degradation
• menatetrenone catabolic process
• menatetrenone catabolism
• multiprenylmenaquinone catabolic process
• multiprenylmenaquinone catabolism
• vitamin K2 catabolic process
• vitamin K2 catabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of menaquinones, any of the 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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