Vitamin K Biosynthesis

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chorismate biosynthesis
ω-hydroxydihydromenaquinone-9 biosynthesis
all-trans-polyprenol diphosphate biosynthesis
vitamin K cycle
EC 1.14.14.78 phylloquinone ω-hydroxylase
EC 2.1.1.163 demethylmenaquinone methyltransferase
EC 2.2.1.9 2-succinyl-5-enolpyruvyl-6-hydroxy-3-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic-acid synthase (mechanism)
EC 2.1.1.329 demethylmenaquinone methyltransferase
EC 2.5.1.74 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoate polyprenyltransferase
EC 2.5.1.130 2-carboxy-1,4-naphthoquinone phytyltransferase
EC 3.1.2.28 1,4-dihydroxy-2-naphthoyl-CoA hydrolase
EC 4.1.3.36 naphthoate synthase
EC 4.2.1.113 o-succinylbenzoate synthase
EC 4.2.99.20 2-succinyl-6-hydroxy-2,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxylate synthase (mechanism)
EC 6.2.1.26 o-succinylbenzoate—CoA ligase