Rs174548

FADS1 codes for an enzyme involved in fatty acid unsaturation and the FADS1 gene SNP rs174548 seems to explain as much as ten percent of the variance in the metabolism of some glycerophospholipids. news

A study of metabolite concentrations in the blood of 284 adult males from Southern Germany determined that several SNPs were associated either directly with a metabolite range or with a ratio of metabolites. The rarer rs174548(G) allele was associated with decreased phosphatidylcholine values.