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What is a menaquinone?

What is a menaquinone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of polycyclic aromatic ketones, based on 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone.
  2. (biochemistry) Vitamin K2
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Mutant M249 preferentially accumulated menaquinone, which contains tetrahydrogeranylgeraniol as its side chain.
The most common form of vitamin K in animals is menaquinone 4, produced by intestinal bacteria from exogenous naphthoquinones and transformed endogenously in our own cells.
The most common form of vitamin K2 in animals is menaquinone 4, produced by the processing of exogenous and bacterial naphthoquinones.
When taken together, menaquinone 7 and vitamin D3 act synergistically, significantly boosting their efficacy.
When administered, vitamin K 3 is alkylated to one of the vitamin K 2 forms of menaquinone.
The number of isoprene residues, where 1 isoprene unit consists of 5 carbons comprising the side chain, is used to characterise the menaquinone homologues.

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