| id | GO:0042373 Detailed information
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| name | vitamin K metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| 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]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "naphthoquinone metabolic process" BROAD []
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| synonym | "naphthoquinone metabolism" BROAD []
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| synonym | "vitamin K metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006775 ! fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0042180 ! cellular ketone metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0042375 ! quinone cofactor metabolic process
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