Term Information

Accession
GO:0009234
Name
menaquinone biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
menaquinone anabolism, menaquinone biosynthesis, menaquinone formation, menaquinone synthesis, menatetrenone biosynthesis, menatetrenone biosynthetic process, multiprenylmenaquinone biosynthesis, multiprenylmenaquinone biosynthetic process, vitamin K2 biosynthesis, vitamin K2 biosynthetic process
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of any of the menaquinones. Structurally, menaquinones consist of a methylated naphthoquinone ring structure and side chains composed of a variable number of unsaturated isoprenoid residues. Menaquinones that have vitamin K activity and are known as vitamin K2. Source: GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k
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History
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Parents of menaquinone biosynthetic process (GO:0009234)
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menaquinone biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  menaquinone metabolic process (GO:0009233)
menaquinone biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  quinone biosynthetic process (GO:1901663)

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