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Accession
GO:0042373
Name
vitamin K metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
vitamin K metabolism, naphthoquinone metabolic process, naphthoquinone metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of the forms of vitamin K, quinone-derived vitamins which are involved in the synthesis of blood-clotting factors in mammals. Vitamin K substances share a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure and vary in the aliphatic side chains attached to the molecule. Source: GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k
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History
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Parents of vitamin K metabolic process (GO:0042373)
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vitamin K metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  quinone metabolic process (GO:1901661)
vitamin K metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process (GO:0006775)
Children of vitamin K metabolic process (GO:0042373)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
vitamin K biosynthetic process (GO:0042371) [is_a relation] is_a  vitamin K metabolic process
vitamin K catabolic process (GO:0042377) [is_a relation] is_a  vitamin K metabolic process
phylloquinone metabolic process (GO:0042374) [is_a relation] is_a  vitamin K metabolic process
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