FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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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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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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vitamin K metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| vitamin K metabolic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  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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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"naphthoquinone metabolic process" BROAD "naphthoquinone metabolism" BROAD "vitamin K metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-6806664 "Metabolism of vitamin K"