Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
4864
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
NPC1
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
NPC, POGZ, SLC65A1
Chromosome Chromosome number
18
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
18q11.2
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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.
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.
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 Immunofluorescence, Luciferase reporter assay, Western blot 23547260
MIRT018683 hsa-miR-335-5p Microarray 18185580
MIRT052499 hsa-let-7a-5p CLASH 23622248
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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 ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
607623 7897 ENSG00000141458
Protein
UniProt ID 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
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Associated diseases Disease associations categorized as Causal (pathogenic variants), Unknown (uncertain genetic evidence), or Text Mining (literature-based associations)
Causal Diseases caused by PATHOGENIC or LIKELY PATHOGENIC variants from ClinVar only
Disease merge term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Niemann-Pick Disease niemann-pick disease, type c, Niemann-Pick disease, type C1, juvenile form, Niemann-Pick disease, type C1, adult form rs483352888, rs773941375, rs80358257, rs369368181, rs768299417, rs759826138, rs762124334, rs80358258, rs80358259, rs377130051, rs758902805, rs746715353, rs28942108, rs774943545, rs28942105
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N/A
Sphingomyelinase deficiency niemann-pick disease, type c1 rs1057517005, rs2058616798, rs777286835, rs1555641027, rs759826138, rs771806960, rs1555638833, rs1555631957, rs80358252, rs1057518711, rs1555632994, rs550562774, rs28940897, rs762124334, rs786204641
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N/A
Dystonia Dystonic disorder rs113371321, rs1057518942 N/A
Unknown Includes: (1) ClinVar NON-pathogenic variants (Uncertain, Benign, Conflicting, VUS), (2) GenCC associations, (3) GWAS associations, (4) CBGDA evidence-based associations. NOTE: Diseases with pathogenic evidence are excluded to avoid conflicts.
Disease merge term Disease name Evidence References Source
capillary hemangioma Capillary hemangioma N/A N/A ClinVar
Coronary artery disease Coronary artery disease N/A N/A GWAS
Diabetes Type 2 diabetes, Triglyceride levels in non-type 2 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes (PheCode 250.2) N/A N/A GWAS
Heart Failure Heart failure N/A N/A GWAS
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through Pubtator
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma Associate 28640357
Alzheimer Disease Associate 17183645, 20571217, 31902793
Apraxias Associate 32921771
Ataxia Associate 27900365, 32921771, 34535129, 34830064
Breast Neoplasms Associate 37420029
Burkitt Lymphoma Associate 22590638
Calcinosis Associate 16556867
Carcinoma Hepatocellular Associate 35592684, 38042211
Cataplexy Associate 30737051
Cerebellar Ataxia Associate 35192242