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.
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What’s searchable?FUT2 affects substances on the surfaces of the gut and other moist tissues and is studied in relation to the microbiome.
GAD1 helps your body make GABA, a chemical messenger, from glutamate.
GAD2 helps make GABA, a chemical messenger, from glutamate.
GCLC helps make glutathione, an antioxidant your body produces.
GCLM helps regulate one of the steps your body uses to make glutathione.
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.
GPX1 helps cells use glutathione to handle peroxides.
GPX3 helps use glutathione in peroxide defense outside cells.
GPX4 helps protect cell membranes from certain peroxides.
GSR encodes glutathione reductase. It uses reducing power from NADPH to help convert oxidized glutathione back to reduced glutathione, allowing this antioxidant system to be reused.
GSTM1 helps your body use glutathione to process some compounds.
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