gene: gss-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable glutathione binding activity and glutathione synthase activity. Predicted to be involved in glutathione biosynthetic process. Predicted to be located in cytosol. Expressed in head. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Alzheimer's disease; glutathione synthetase deficiency of erythrocytes; and glutatione synthetase deficiency with 5-oxoprolinuria. Is an ortholog of human GSS (glutathione synthetase).