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TraitHigh for average enzyme activity and related blood-folate and homocysteine tendencies; not a diagnosis or treatment result

Folate processing (MTHFR)

Folate processing (MTHFR) is a genetic trait Biome reports in its vitamins & nutrients panel: An MTHFR version is linked to usual, lower, or much lower activity from an enzyme that helps your body use folate.

Category
Vitamins & nutrients
Markers
MTHFR rs1801133 (GRCh38 G>A; coding C677T)
Strength of evidence
High for average enzyme activity and related blood-folate and homocysteine tendencies; not a diagnosis or treatment result

Genes

Markers (rsIDs)

How Biome reads this

Biome's whole-genome test reads this from one saliva sample, alongside all 3.2 billion letters of your DNA.

Biome DNA test

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