gst-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Enables glutathione transferase activity. Involved in cellular detoxification; defense response to other organism; and regulation of cellular response to manganese ion. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Expressed in DA neuron. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; autoimmune disease (multiple); carcinoma (multiple); and hematologic cancer (multiple). Is an ortholog of human GSTP1 (glutathione S-transferase pi 1).