vitamin K metabolic process
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.
GO:0042180
ketone metabolic process
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naphthoquinone metabolic process
broad
naphthoquinone metabolism
broad
vitamin K metabolism
exact