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.
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