Vitamin K

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title: Vitamin K
text: Vitamin K is a family of structurally similar, fat-soluble vitamers found in foods and marketed as dietary supplements. The human body requires vitamin K for post-synthesis modification of certain proteins that are required for blood coagulation ("K" from German/Danish koagulation, for "coagulation") or for controlling binding of calcium in bones and other tissues. The complete synthesis involves final modification of these so-called "Gla proteins" by the enzyme gamma-glutamyl carboxylase that u
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description: Fat-soluble vitamers
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_K
date created: 2001-08-21T08:54:27Z
date modified: 2024-09-09T15:48:48Z
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