CausalSentinel

Protein Dossier — SHMT1 (Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, cytosolic)

MR feasibility tier: A — Published pQTL-MR estimates exist for this protein (retrieved below - not computed here).

1. Published MR estimates (retrieved, not computed)

Outcome beta se p method nSNP cis/trans coloc
Alcohol intake frequency -0.0527 0.0121 1.35e-05 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: hypertension 0.0446 0.0134 8.45e-04 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Systolic blood pressure automated reading 0.0234 0.00839 0.00528 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diastolic blood pressure automated reading 0.0222 0.0084 0.00815 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: kidney stone or ureter stone or bladder stone -0.32 0.13 0.0141 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
ER-positive Breast cancer (Combined Oncoarray; iCOGS; GWAS meta analysis) 0.062 0.0253 0.0144 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: depression 0.0765 0.0313 0.0147 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Diagnoses - main ICD10: D25 Leiomyoma of uterus 0.151 0.0625 0.0157 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Cancer code self-reported: basal cell carcinoma 0.174 0.0724 0.0163 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Forced expiratory volume in 1-second (FEV1) -0.0167 0.00709 0.0187 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Non-cancer illness code self-reported: high cholesterol -0.0547 0.0234 0.0197 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
Vascular or heart problems diagnosed by doctor: Angina -0.121 0.052 0.0202 Wald ratio 1 cis NA
…and 63 more outcomes (see JSON)              

2. pQTL instrument availability (Tier-B probe)

No prot-* pQTL GWAS dataset found for this protein (matched by UniProt accession and symbol).

3. GWAS Catalog results — traits with signal at this locus

32 association rows across 28 traits (31 genome-wide significant rows). Associations are loci, not causal claims; the mapped gene at a locus is not necessarily the effector gene.

Trait best p lead SNP n assoc study MR status
MGLL/SHMT1 protein level ratio 2e-4728 rs669340 1 GCST90315441 no MR -> candidate analysis
MVK/SHMT1 protein level ratio 2e-4708 rs669340 1 GCST90315506 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, cytosolic levels 3e-1580 rs4398149 1 GCST90249535 no MR -> candidate analysis
Serum levels of protein SHMT1 1e-63 rs8067462 1 GCST90086918 no MR -> candidate analysis
Height 7e-57 rs669340 1 GCST90245848 no MR -> candidate analysis
Cerebrospinal fluid protein SHMT1 levels 6e-36 rs1975822 1 GCST90944573 no MR -> candidate analysis
Blood protein levels 1e-31 rs8067462 1 GCST006585 no MR -> candidate analysis
Hematological traits (multi-trait analysis) 2e-22 rs4924750 1 GCST90838669 no MR -> candidate analysis
Mitochondrial DNA copy number (adjusted) 3e-19 rs7216214 1 GCST90268497 no MR -> candidate analysis
SHMT1 protein levels 3e-19 rs140013206 2 GCST90470627 no MR -> candidate analysis
EF-hand calcium-binding domain-containing protein 4B protein 2e-16 rs638416 1 GCST90440180 no MR -> candidate analysis
Waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI 1e-14 rs7207306 2 GCST009858 no MR -> candidate analysis
…and 16 more traits (see JSON)          

4. Phenome map — where this gene is a genetic locus, vs. where MR exists

Top diseases by Open Targets association (of 284 total). Associations are loci, not causal claims. The causal-status column is a four-state triage per pair: established (curated) = a curated clinical assertion exists (ClinGen/G2P/GEL/Orphanet/ClinVar — any validity level, MR adds little); exploratory rare-variant signal = ExWAS burden evidence without curation — a candidate NEW gene-disease relationship; common-variant locus = GWAS signal, classic pQTL-MR territory; multi-layer = burden+GWAS together, an allelic-series candidate (the strongest causal setup). Burden estimand is carrier-vs-noncarrier, not per-SD MR.

Disease genetic assoc. burden (ExWAS) causal status MR status
multiple sclerosis 0.217 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
preeclampsia 0.46 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
Hodgkins lymphoma 0.209 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis
gastrointestinal stromal tumor 0.182 established (curated) no MR -> candidate analysis
hair color 0.136 common-variant locus no MR -> candidate analysis

Of the 5 rows above, 5 have no MR estimate in this resource. Across all retrieved diseases for this gene: 0 exploratory rare-variant signal(s), 0 multi-layer (allelic-series candidate) pair(s). Final triage still belongs to a statistical geneticist.

5. Downstream annotation (druggability & safety preview)

Layer Result
ChEMBL druggability 0 known modulators (Serine hydroxymethyltransferase, cytosolic)
gnomAD constraint pLI=1.2e-14, LOEUF=1.18 — LoF-tolerant
GWAS Catalog 62 unique SNPs / 124 rows
ClinVar 207 records; 3 pathogenic in sample of 30
PharmGKB/ClinPGx 2 clinical annotations across 5 drugs

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