THE PURSER WELLNESS ENCYCLOPEDIA
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What’s searchable?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…
…folic acid and dihydrofolate to tetrahydrofolate-related forms used in cellular metabolism. This is one part of the folate system, distinct from MTHFR and folate transport into cells. Also called: Dihydrofolate Reductase Recycling folate in…
…lls respond to estrogen. Receptor signaling is different from the amount of estrogen measured in blood. Also called: Estrogen Receptor 1 Estrogen signaling depends on the receptor ESR1 encodes estrogen receptor alpha, which helps cells resp…
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…
FOLH1 helps break down folate from food so it can be absorbed. This is different from the MTHFR step. Also called: Folate Hydrolase 1 Folate handling begins before remethylation Dr. Purser’s genetic chapters include FOLH1 in folate handling…
…eceptor alpha, which helps cells take up folate and has an important role in folate transport at the brain’s barriers. Blood folate and folate availability in the nervous system are not identical measurements. Also called: Folate Receptor 1…
…n expressed in particular cell types, including subsets of immune cells. It is distinct from the FOLR1 receptor and the SLC19A1 reduced folate carrier. Also called: Folate Receptor 2 Folate receptors also appear in immune pathways FOLR2 enc…
…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. Also called: Fat Mass and Obesity-Asso…
…UT2 affects substances on the surfaces of the gut and other moist tissues and is studied in relation to the microbiome. Also called: Fucosyltransferase 2 The mucosal and microbiome connection Dr. Purser’s course places FUT2 in its gut–immun…
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