rs4481887(A;G)

More likely to be able to smell asparagus metabolites in urine

Magnitude
2.0Worth knowing
Repute
Not rated
Frequency
29%Average of 11 populations
On SNPedia
rs4481887(A;G)
Gene
None listed

Frequency

Share of people with A;G in each HapMap population.

  • Tuscan46%
  • Mexican ancestry (Los Angeles)45%
  • European ancestry (Utah)44%
  • Chinese (Denver)28%
  • Japanese (Tokyo)27%
  • Han Chinese (Beijing)26%
  • African ancestry (Southwest US)25%
  • Gujarati Indian21%
  • Maasai (Kenya)20%
  • Yoruba (Nigeria)20%
  • Luhya (Kenya)18%

Other genotypes of rs4481887

  1. A;AMost notableNot ratedmost likely to smell asparagus metabolites in urineWorth knowing · 2.04% of people
  2. G;GNot ratedleast likely to be able to smell asparagus metabolites in urineMinor · 1.567% of people

All about rs4481887

Notes

From SNPedia

1.67x more likely than people with (G;G) to be able to smell the methanethiol produced after eating asparagus.

Source and license

Adapted from rs4481887(A;G) on SNPedia, using a snapshot taken October 16, 2026. SNPedia content is shared under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US, and this page is shared under the same license.

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