Category:GO:0042373 ! vitamin K metabolic process

id: GO:0042373

name: vitamin K metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "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." [GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k]
synonym: "naphthoquinone metabolic process" BROAD []
synonym: "naphthoquinone metabolism" BROAD []
synonym: "vitamin K metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0006775 ! fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process
is_a: GO:0042180 ! cellular ketone metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0042373</GOterm>
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