Planteome: Term Details for "menaquinone catabolic process" (GO:0042361)

Accession: GO:0042361
Name: menaquinone catabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: menaquinone breakdown, menaquinone catabolism, menaquinone degradation, menatetrenone catabolic process, menatetrenone catabolism, multiprenylmenaquinone catabolic process, multiprenylmenaquinone catabolism, vitamin K2 catabolic process, vitamin K2 catabolism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of menaquinones, any of the 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. Source: GOC:jl, http://www.dentistry.leeds.ac.uk/biochem/thcme/vitamins.html#k
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042361 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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