Vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (Vkorc1)

Involved in vitamin K metabolism. Catalytic subunit of the vitamin K epoxide reductase (VKOR) complex which reduces inactive vitamin K 2,3-epoxide to active vitamin K.

Vitamin K is needed for the gamma-carboxylation of different proteins, such as clotting factors, and is required for normal blood coagulation, but also for normal bone development. .