id | GO:0009233   Detailed information
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  name | menaquinone metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of the menaquinones, 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." [GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  synonym | "menaquinone metabolism" EXACT []
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  synonym | "menatetrenone metabolic process" EXACT []
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  synonym | "menatetrenone metabolism" EXACT []
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  synonym | "multiprenylmenaquinone metabolic process" EXACT []
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  synonym | "multiprenylmenaquinone metabolism" EXACT []
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  synonym | "vitamin K2 metabolic process" EXACT []
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  synonym | "vitamin K2 metabolism" EXACT []
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  is_a | GO:0042373 ! vitamin K metabolic process
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