Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 4864
Gene name NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1
Gene symbol NPC1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
NPCPOGZSLC65A1
Chromosome 18
Chromosome location 18q11.2
Summary This gene encodes a large protein that resides in the limiting membrane of endosomes and lysosomes and mediates intracellular cholesterol trafficking via binding of cholesterol to its N-terminal domain. It is predicted to have a cytoplasmic C-terminus, 13
SNPs SNP information provided by dbSNP.
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SNP ID Visualize variation Clinical significance Consequence
rs1621962 G>A,C Conflicting-interpretations-of-pathogenicity Synonymous variant, coding sequence variant
rs7227375 G>A,C Likely-benign, benign, likely-pathogenic Synonymous variant, missense variant, coding sequence variant
rs28940897 T>G Pathogenic Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs28942104 G>A Pathogenic, pathogenic-likely-pathogenic, uncertain-significance Coding sequence variant, missense variant
rs28942105 T>A,C Pathogenic-likely-pathogenic, uncertain-significance Coding sequence variant, missense variant
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT004540 hsa-miR-33a-5p Luciferase reporter assay 20466885
MIRT004540 hsa-miR-33a-5p Luciferase reporter assay 20466885
MIRT004540 hsa-miR-33a-5p ImmunofluorescenceLuciferase reporter assayWestern blot 23547260
MIRT018683 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT052499 hsa-let-7a-5p CLASH 23622248
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001618 Function Virus receptor activity IEA
GO:0001889 Process Liver development IEA
GO:0004888 Function Transmembrane signaling receptor activity TAS 10521290
GO:0005319 Function Lipid transporter activity IEA
GO:0005515 Function Protein binding IPI 16757520, 19583955, 20674861, 25285302, 26771495, 27238017, 28336668, 34450201, 34799735
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607623 7897 ENSG00000141458
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
O15118
Protein name NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 (Niemann-Pick C1 protein)
Protein function Intracellular cholesterol transporter which acts in concert with NPC2 and plays an important role in the egress of cholesterol from the endosomal/lysosomal compartment (PubMed:10821832, PubMed:12554680, PubMed:18772377, PubMed:27238017, PubMed:9
PDB 3GKH , 3GKI , 3GKJ , 3JD8 , 5F18 , 5F1B , 5HNS , 5JNX , 5KWY , 5U73 , 5U74 , 6UOX , 6W5R , 6W5S , 6W5T , 6W5U , 6W5V , 8EUS , 9DZ2
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF16414 NPC1_N 22 267 Niemann-Pick C1 N terminus Domain
PF12349 Sterol-sensing 649 803 Sterol-sensing domain of SREBP cleavage-activation Family
PF02460 Patched 1027 1253 Patched family Family
Sequence
MTARGLALGLLLLLLCPAQVFSQSCVWYGECGIAYGDKRYNCEYSGPPKPLPKDGYDLVQ
ELCPGFFFGNVSLCCDVRQLQTLKDNLQLPLQFLSRCPSCFYNLLNLFCELTCSPRQSQF
LNVTATEDYVDPVTNQTKTNVKELQYYVGQSFANAMYNACRDVEAPSSNDKALGLLCGKD
ADACNATNWIEYMFNKDNGQAPFTITPVFSDFPVHGMEPMNNATKGCDESVDEVTAPCSC
QDCSIVCGPKPQPPPPPAPWTILGLDA
MYVIMWITYMAFLLVFFGAFFAVWCYRKRYFVS
EYTPIDSNIAFSVNASDKGEASCCDPVSAAFEGCLRRLFTRWGSFCVRNPGCVIFFSLVF
ITACSSGLVFVRVTTNPVDLWSAPSSQARLEKEYFDQHFGPFFRTEQLIIRAPLTDKHIY
QPYPSGADVPFGPPLDIQILHQVLDLQIAIENITASYDNETVTLQDICLAPLSPYNTNCT
ILSVLNYFQNSHSVLDHKKGDDFFVYADYHTHFLYCVRAPASLNDTSLLHDPCLGTFGGP
VFPWLVLGGYDDQNYNNATALVITFPVNNYYNDTEKLQRAQAWEKEFINFVKNYKNPNLT
ISFTAERSIEDELNRESDSDVFTVVISYAIMFLYISLALGHMKSCRRLLVDSKVSLGIAG
ILIVLSSVACSLGVFSYIGLPLTLIVIEVIPFLVLAVGVDNIFILVQAYQRDERLQGETL
DQQLGRVLGEVAPSMFLSSFSETVAFFLGALSVMPAVHTFSLFAGLAVFIDFLLQITCFV
SLLGLDIKRQEKNRLDIFCCVRG
AEDGTSVQASESCLFRFFKNSYSPLLLKDWMRPIVIA
IFVGVLSFSIAVLNKVDIGLDQSLSMPDDSYMVDYFKSISQYLHAGPPVYFVLEEGHDYT
SSKGQNMVCGGMGCNNDSLVQQIFNAAQLDNYTRIGFAPSSWIDDYFDWVKPQSSCCRVD
NITDQFCNASVVDPACVRCRPLTPEGKQRPQGGDFMRFLPMFLSDNPNPKCGKGGHAAYS
SAVNILLGHGTRVGATYFMTYHTVLQTSADFIDALKKARLIASNVTETMGINGSAYRVFP
YSVFYVFYEQYLTIIDDTIFNLGVSLGAIFLVTMVLLGCELWSAVIMCATIAMVLVNMFG
VMWLWGISLNAVSLVNLVMSCGISVEFCSHITRAFTVSMKGSRVERAEEALAHMGSSVFS
GITLTKFGGIVVLAFAKSQIFQIFYFRMYLAMVLLGATHGLIFLPVLLSYIGP
SVNKAKS
CATEERYKGTERERLLNF
Sequence length 1278
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG  Reactome
  Virion - Ebolavirus, Lyssavirus and Morbillivirus
Lysosome
Cholesterol metabolism
  LDL clearance
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Causal Diseases associated with Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic variants in ClinVar
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance dbSNP ID RCV Accession Evidence Score
Abnormality of metabolism/homeostasis Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs2145366579, rs758902805 RCV001814520
RCV001814078
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Dystonic disorder Likely pathogenic rs1057518942 RCV000415070
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Lysosomal storage disease Pathogenic rs80358259 RCV006252549
★★★★☆
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants)
Niemann-Pick disease, type C Likely pathogenic; Pathogenic rs2058666849, rs202140203, rs2058753352, rs1346436537, rs2145350930, rs2145485704, rs483352886, rs483352888, rs2058754429, rs201156397, rs144725473, rs1474434210, rs2145351244, rs1194990534, rs543206298
View all (70 more)
RCV005408835
RCV005911027
RCV003155446
RCV003226468
RCV001806771
View all (83 more)
★★★★★
ClinVar: Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
Acute myeloid leukemia Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Adrenocortical carcinoma, hereditary Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
ALZHEIMER DISEASE GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
APRAXIA OF PHONATION Disgenet
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Adenocarcinoma Adenocarcinoma BEFREE 8380056, 9219824
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency BEFREE 25406061
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Alzheimer Disease Alzheimer disease Pubtator 17183645, 20571217, 31902793 Associate
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Alzheimer Disease, Late Onset Alzheimer disease BEFREE 18834923
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Amyloidosis Amyloidosis BEFREE 23382922
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anemia Anemia BEFREE 23010472
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anxiety Anxiety Disorder BEFREE 30847828, 31302243
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Anxiety Disorders Anxiety Disorder BEFREE 30847828, 31302243
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Apraxia of Phonation Apraxia CLINVAR_DG
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Apraxias Apraxia Pubtator 32921771 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only