Showing metabocard for Menaquinone-1 (MMDBc0030155)
Record Information
Version
1.0
Status
Detected and Quantified
Creation Date
2021-11-17 23:56:07 UTC
Update Date
2022-08-31 17:40:13 UTC
MiMeDB ID
MMDBc0030155
Metabolite Identification
Common Name
Menaquinone-1
Description
Menaquinone-1 is a menaquinone with 1 isoprenyl group. Menaquinones and demethylmenaquinones are isoprenoid quinones of the naphthalene series, and are constituents of bacterial plasma membranes, where they play important roles in electron transfer and oxidative phosphorylation. Menaquinones or Vitamin K2 homologs are characterized by the number of isoprenoid residues in their side chain. Menaquinones are abbreviated MK-n, where n represents the number of isoprenoid side chain residues. For example, menaquinone-4 (abbreviated MK-4), has four isoprene residues in its side chain. The most common length of the side chain in bacteria is 8, although minor amounts of MK-1 through MK-14 have been found
