FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term vitamin K metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0042373 (Gene Ontology)
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.[ PubMed:24489112 ]
Also Known As "vitamin K metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       2
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     involved_in | vitamin K metabolic process       2
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  metabolic process
   |__ketone metabolic process
       |__vitamin K metabolic process  3 rec.
           |__vitamin K biosynthetic process 1 rec.
           |   |__phylloquinone biosynthetic process
           |__vitamin K catabolic process
               |__phylloquinone catabolic process
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Is a ketone metabolic process
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  • "naphthoquinone metabolic process" BROAD
    "naphthoquinone metabolism" BROAD
    "vitamin K metabolism" EXACT
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Reactome:R-HSA-6806664 "Metabolism of vitamin K"