FOLR1 encodes folate receptor alpha, which helps cells take up folate and has an important role in folate transport at the brain’s barriers. Blood folate and folate availability in the nervous system are not identical measurements. Also cal…
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What’s searchable?FOLR2 encodes folate receptor beta, a folate-binding protein expressed in particular cell types, including subsets of immune cells. It is distinct from the FOLR1 receptor and the SLC19A1 reduced folate carrier. Also called: Folate Receptor …
FTO is studied in relation to body weight and energy balance. Common variants can contribute to population-level differences in obesity susceptibility, alongside many other genes and environmental factors. Also called: Fat Mass and Obesity-…
FUT2 affects substances on the surfaces of the gut and other moist tissues and is studied in relation to the microbiome. Also called: Fucosyltransferase 2 The mucosal and microbiome connection Dr. Purser’s course places FUT2 in its gut–immu…
G6PC2 encodes a glucose-6-phosphatase-related protein expressed in pancreatic islet cells. Common variation is associated with differences in fasting glucose regulation; it is not the insulin receptor. Also called: Glucose-6-Phosphatase Cat…
GAD1 helps your body make GABA, a chemical messenger, from glutamate. Also called: Glutamate Decarboxylase 1 The glutamate-to-GABA connection Dr. Purser’s course uses GAD/GABA teaching to explain a connection between excitatory and inhibito…
GAD2 helps make GABA, a chemical messenger, from glutamate. Also called: Glutamate Decarboxylase 2 Another part of the GABA system GAD2 helps make GABA from glutamate. GAD1 does a related job, but the two genes are different. Check the exac…
GCLC helps make glutathione, an antioxidant your body produces. Also called: Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Catalytic Subunit Making glutathione is a process Dr. Purser groups GCLC and GCLM as glutathione-synthesis machinery. GCLC supplies the c…
GCLM helps regulate one of the steps your body uses to make glutathione. Also called: Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Modifier Subunit Making glutathione is a process Dr. Purser groups GCLC and GCLM as glutathione-synthesis machinery. GCLM suppli…
GDF5 encodes growth differentiation factor 5, a signaling protein involved in skeletal development, joint formation and cartilage biology. Its name does not mean a SNP measures the ability to build muscle. Also called: Growth Differentiatio…
GGH encodes gamma-glutamyl hydrolase, which removes glutamate residues from folate compounds. This affects folate handling and helps explain why folate metabolism includes retention and processing as well as intake. Also called: Gamma-Gluta…
GPX1 helps cells use glutathione to handle peroxides. Also called: Glutathione Peroxidase 1 Glutathione has enzyme partners Dr. Purser teaches the glutathione peroxidase family alongside selenium and antioxidant support. GPX1 helps illustra…
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