rs1063739

This is a variant in the GPT gene that changes a histidine to an aspartate.

GWAS Catalog Trait Associations (1)

Genome-wide significant associations (p < 5×10⁻⁸) from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog.

mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration

Verma A et al. Diversity and scale: Genetic architecture of 2068 traits in the VA Million Veteran Program. Science (new York, N.y.) 385(6706):eadj1182 (2024)
Allele C
OR 0.03
p 1.0e-29
N 583,935
Major Consortium StudyLarge GWAS
multi-ancestry

ClinVar annotation

Benign
1 submitter1 publication

GPT POLYMORPHISM

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About GPT

This gene encodes cytosolic alanine aminotransaminase 1 (ALT1); also known as glutamate-pyruvate transaminase 1. This enzyme catalyzes the reversible transamination between alanine and 2-oxoglutarate to generate pyruvate and glutamate and, therefore, plays a key role in the intermediary metabolism of glucose and amino acids. Serum activity levels of this enzyme are routinely used as a biomarker of liver injury caused by drug toxicity, infection, alcohol, and steatosis. A related gene on chromosome 16 encodes a putative mitochondrial alanine aminotransaminase.[provided by RefSeq, Nov 2009]

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Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.

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