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The structure of vitamin K1 (phylloquinone) and K2 (menaquinone, MK), where the number n indicates the number of isoprenyl groups (4–10) at the C3 position. The structure without a side chain is called menadione (vitamin K3) and is, as such, without vitamin K activity.
