Synonyms: menaquinone-2
Compound class:
Metabolite
Comment: Vitamin K2 (menaquinone) is characterised by a varying number of isoprenoid residues in the side chain. The structure shown here is an example with 2 isoprenoid groups (menaquinone-2).
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References |
1. Tabb MM, Sun A, Zhou C, Grün F, Errandi J, Romero K, Pham H, Inoue S, Mallick S, Lin M, Forman BM, Blumberg B. (2003)
Vitamin K2 regulation of bone homeostasis is mediated by the steroid and xenobiotic receptor SXR. J Biol Chem, 278 (45): 43919-27. [PMID:12920130] |