metr-1 encodes a protein orthologous to the human gene Methionine synthase (MTR), which is involved in the conversion of homocysteine to form methionine.
Predicted to enable methionine synthase activity. Predicted to be involved in homocysteine metabolic process; methionine biosynthetic process; and tetrahydrofolate metabolic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Used to study type 2 diabetes mellitus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including IgA glomerulonephritis; autistic disorder; and hematologic cancer (multiple). Is an ortholog of human MTR (5-methyltetrahydrofolate-homocysteine methyltransferase).
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.