ferulic acid 4-sulfate to carboxyethyl-gaba

Numerator Metabolite

Structure of ferulic acid 4-sulfate
Metabolite Accession: GCST90199955
Name: ferulic acid 4-sulfate
Hmdb Id: HMDB0029200
Super Pathway: NA
Sub Pathway: NA
Inchikey: PZPATWACAAOHTJ

Denominator Metabolite

Structure of carboxyethyl-gaba
Metabolite Accession: GCST90199918
Name: carboxyethyl-gaba
Hmdb Id: HMDB0002201
Super Pathway: NA
Sub Pathway: NA
Inchikey: SRGQUICKDUQCKO

Associated Genomic Regions

Region: rs2762353

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Clumped rQTL variant

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SNP Summary

Chr:
6
Beta (Ratio):
-0.438
Position:
25794431
SE (Ratio):
0.021
Effect Allele:
A
Z-score (Ratio):
-20.419
Reference Allele:
G
-log10(P):
-211.707
MAF:
0.438
Beta (Num):
-0.302
Novel Locus:
No
SE (Num):
0.016
Beta (Den):
0.136
SE (Den):
0.015
No CNV overlap
rQTL cluster:
111
Reaction Distance:
NA
Closest Genes:
SLC17A1 SLC17A4 SLC17A3 HIST1H2BA HIST1H2AA

LLM Analysis

Numerator Metabolite Explanation:

Phenylpropanoid metabolism, Xenobiotic metabolism.4[1], 5[2]

Denominator Metabolite Explanation:

GABA metabolism, Polyamide metabolism.6[1], 7[2]

Ratio Explanation:

The ratio may reflect altered transport activity of the SLC17A4 gene, affecting the balance of the unrelated metabolites ferulic acid 4-sulfate and carboxyethyl-gaba.

Ratio Evidence:

metabolites related through biology

Gene Ratio Phenotype Relationship:

The SLC17A4 missense variant likely alters its transport function, affecting urate levels, which is a listed phenotype.1[1], 2[2] Altered uric acid levels are known to correlate with red blood cell indices, another associated phenotype, suggesting a causal link from the gene to these phenotypes.8[3], 9[4]

Phenotype Driver:

Gene-centric:SLC17A4

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