1995
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.nu.15.070195.002223
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The Mechanism of Action of Vitamin K

Abstract: Vitamin K is the blood-clotting vitamin. The mechanism of action of vitamin K is discussed in terms of a new carbanion model that mimics the proton abstraction from the gamma position of protein-bound glutamate. This is the essential step leading to carboxylation and activation of the blood-clotting proteins. The model comprises an oxygenation that is coupled to carbon-carbon bond formation, as is the oxygenation of vitamin K hydroquinone to vitamin K oxide. The model hypothesis is also supported by the mechan… Show more

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“…Although electron transport in humans does not involve menaquinone, this compound plays an essential role in blood clotting, for example being involved in the ␥-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues in prothrombin (45). However, humans cannot synthesize menaquinone (vitamin K 2 ) and must obtain it in the diet or from bacteria present in the gut.…”
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“…Although electron transport in humans does not involve menaquinone, this compound plays an essential role in blood clotting, for example being involved in the ␥-carboxylation of glutamic acid residues in prothrombin (45). However, humans cannot synthesize menaquinone (vitamin K 2 ) and must obtain it in the diet or from bacteria present in the gut.…”
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“…É encontrada em hortaliças e óleos vegetais, que representam a sua fonte predominante. Apesar de ser encontrada nos alimentos de origem vegetal, ela é sintetizada por bactérias, as menaquinonas, originalmente chamada de K 2 , e que foram subseqüentemente caracterizadas (DOWD et al, 1995).…”
Section: Doenças Infecciosas E Microrganismos Multirresistentesunclassified
“…A vitamina K 1 , hoje chamada de filoquinona, é o único analógo da vitamina presente em plantas; é encontrada em hortaliças e óleos vegetais, os quais representam a fonte predominante da vitamina. A forma sintetizada por bactérias, as menaquinonas, originalmente chamadas de K 2 , foram subseqüentemente caracterizadas (Dowd et al, 1995). A família das menaquinonas constitui-se numa série de vitaminas designadas MK-n, onde o n representa o número de resíduos isoprenóides na cadeia lateral.…”
Section: N T R O D U ç ã O I N T R O D U ç ã O I N T R O D U ç ã O unclassified
“…As evidências de decréscimo da síntese de menaquinonas, na presença de tratamento com antibióticos, são mínimas; contudo, observou-se que alguns tipos de antibióticos, os que possuem uma cadeia lateral N-metiltiotetrazole (NMTT), têm a capacidade de inibir epoxi-redutase de vitamina K (Dowd et al, 1995). O resultado é um efeito similar aos cumarínicos, embora acentuadamente mais fraco e observado somente naqueles pacientes que apresentam estado nutricional comprometido quanto à vitamina K (Suttie, 1995).…”
Section: Menaquinonas Como Fonte Nutricionalunclassified