gst-44 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate) activity and glutathione transferase activity. Involved in response to reactive oxygen species. Predicted to be located in cytoplasm. Expressed in excretory cell. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease; Parkinson's disease; and asthma. Is an ortholog of human GSTO1 (glutathione S-transferase omega 1) and GSTO2 (glutathione S-transferase omega 2).