Normal allele: GG
BHMT gene polymorphism leads to increased BHMT gene activity (also known as "upregulation"). Up-regulation of BHMT may lead to lower homocysteine levels, and less dependence on folic acid and vitamin B-12 as methyl donors.
Polymorphism rs3733890 is related to topics like this:
Research and publications:
16816108 Common genetic polymorphisms affect the human requirement for the nutrient choline.
18203168 Folate and one-carbon metabolism gene polymorphisms and their associations with oral facial clefts
18230680 Choline metabolism and risk of breast cancer in a population-based study.
18521744 BRCA1 promoter methylation is associated with increased mortality among women with breast cancer
19261726 Epigenetic mechanisms for nutrition determinants of later health outcomes.
19376481 One-carbon metabolism and breast cancer: an epidemiological perspective
19493349 118 SNPs of folate-related genes and risks of spina bifida and conotruncal heart defects
19635752 High intakes of choline and betaine reduce breast cancer mortality in a population-based study.
19737740 Associations of folate and choline metabolism gene polymorphisms with orofacial clefts.
19936946 Germline polymorphisms in the one-carbon metabolism pathway and DNA methylation in colorectal cancer
20111745 Gene-gene interactions in the folate metabolic pathway and the risk of conotruncal heart defects
20664391 Maternal folate-related gene environment interactions and congenital heart defects.
21093336 Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase: human liver genotype-phenotype correlation.
21146954 Genes and abdominal aortic aneurysm
21254358 Nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate: CRISPLD genes and the folate gene pathway connection.
21254359 Folate pathway and nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate.
21349258 Folate and choline metabolism gene variants and development of uterine cervical carcinoma.
21610500 Prenatal vitamins, one-carbon metabolism gene variants, and risk for autism.
21688148 Polymorphic variants of genes involved in homocysteine metabolism in celiac disease.
21857689 Folate and vitamin B12 in idiopathic male infertility.
22116453 Folate and vitamin B12-related genes and risk for omphalocele.
22496743 Genetic variant of AMD1 is associated with obesity in urban Indian children.
22792358 Association between genetic variants in DNA and histone methylation and telomere length.
23446900 One-carbon metabolism factors and leukocyte telomere length.
24048206 Neural tube defects, folic acid and methylation.
26451011 Systematic meta-analyses and field synopsis of genetic association studies in colorectal adenomas.
28770393 Association of neural tube defects with gene polymorphisms in one-carbon metabolic pathway.
33195260 Non-syndromic Cleft Palate: An Overview on Human Genetic and Environmental Risk Factors.