CBS helps move homocysteine into the pathway that supplies building blocks for glutathione.
Also called: Cystathionine Beta-Synthase
From homocysteine toward glutathione
Dr. Purser places CBS in the sulfur-handling pathway that connects hom…
CD14 helps immune cells recognize microbial components, including bacterial lipopolysaccharide, as part of innate immune signaling. This places it upstream of some cytokine responses.
Also called: Cluster of Differentiation 14
How immune ce…
CHDH helps convert choline toward betaine, a nutrient involved in the homocysteine pathway.
Also called: Choline Dehydrogenase
Choline can serve more than one purpose
CHDH helps convert choline toward betaine, while PEMT helps make phosphat…
COL5A1 encodes one component of type V collagen, which helps organize collagen fibers. It connects to the strength and structure of tendons, skin and other connective tissues.
Also called: Collagen Type V Alpha 1 Chain
Collagen structure, t…
Makes an enzyme that helps break down catechol compounds, including some neurotransmitters. A common variant does not by itself explain mood, attention or stress tolerance.
Also called: Catechol-O-Methyltransferase
Catecholamines and sensit…
CTH helps make cysteine, one of the building blocks your body uses to make glutathione.
Also called: Cystathionine Gamma-Lyase
From homocysteine toward glutathione
Dr. Purser places CTH in the sulfur-handling pathway that connects homocyste…
Encodes an enzyme involved in fatty-acid metabolism.
Also called: Fatty Acid Desaturase 1 / D5D
The form of a fatty acid matters
Dr. Purser teaches FADS genes as a conversion pathway. FADS1 participates in a delta-5 desaturase step in fatty…
Encodes an enzyme involved in fatty-acid metabolism.
Also called: Fatty Acid Desaturase 2 / D6D
The form of a fatty acid matters
Dr. Purser teaches FADS genes as a conversion pathway. FADS2 participates in a delta-6 desaturase step in fatty…
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…
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…
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