Incidental Mutation 'R2279:Npc1'
ID 243009
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Npc1
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000024413
Gene Name NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1
Synonyms lcsd, nmf164, D18Ertd139e, D18Ertd723e, A430089E03Rik, C85354
MMRRC Submission 040278-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.616) question?
Stock # R2279 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Not validated
Chromosome 18
Chromosomal Location 12322749-12369457 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation splice site (3 bp from exon)
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 12330236 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000025279 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000025279]
AlphaFold O35604
Predicted Effect probably null
Transcript: ENSMUST00000025279
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000025279
Gene: ENSMUSG00000024413

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
low complexity region 8 15 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:NPC1_N 22 267 1.6e-79 PFAM
transmembrane domain 269 291 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 353 375 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Patched 436 896 3.5e-52 PFAM
Pfam:MMPL 648 794 6.3e-8 PFAM
Pfam:Sterol-sensing 649 803 2.7e-56 PFAM
Pfam:Patched 1023 1252 2.9e-33 PFAM
low complexity region 1259 1273 N/A INTRINSIC
Predicted Effect noncoding transcript
Transcript: ENSMUST00000153352
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.1%
  • 3x: 98.5%
  • 10x: 97.1%
  • 20x: 94.4%
Validation Efficiency
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] 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 transmembrane domains, and 3 large loops in the lumen of the endosome - the last loop being at the N-terminus. This protein transports low-density lipoproteins to late endosomal/lysosomal compartments where they are hydrolized and released as free cholesterol. Defects in this gene cause Niemann-Pick type C disease, a rare autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by over accumulation of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in late endosomal/lysosomal compartments.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2009]
PHENOTYPE: Homozygotes for spontaneous and chemically induced mutations may exhibit lysosomal storage of non-esterified cholesterol, neurodegeneration, ataxia, presence of foam cells, sterility, and shortened lifespan. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 61 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Ankrd17 G T 5: 90,412,576 (GRCm39) N1249K probably damaging Het
Anks1b T C 10: 89,885,958 (GRCm39) M218T probably damaging Het
Arfgef2 G C 2: 166,707,679 (GRCm39) G1025A probably benign Het
Arhgap21 T C 2: 20,868,037 (GRCm39) I829V possibly damaging Het
Arhgap42 T C 9: 9,035,512 (GRCm39) M277V probably benign Het
Cabin1 T C 10: 75,589,295 (GRCm39) I87M probably benign Het
Cdc42bpa A G 1: 179,864,484 (GRCm39) N149D probably damaging Het
Cdh20 C A 1: 104,875,139 (GRCm39) A307E probably damaging Het
Cdk18 A T 1: 132,043,690 (GRCm39) Y385N probably damaging Het
Cfap410 T C 10: 77,817,476 (GRCm39) Y68H probably damaging Het
Cnga1 C T 5: 72,776,404 (GRCm39) V20I possibly damaging Het
Cptp A G 4: 155,950,878 (GRCm39) I196T probably damaging Het
Cyp4b1 T A 4: 115,497,557 (GRCm39) Y147F probably benign Het
Dbf4 T C 5: 8,471,333 (GRCm39) N36S possibly damaging Het
Dbr1 G T 9: 99,462,200 (GRCm39) Q166H probably benign Het
Ddx42 T A 11: 106,133,765 (GRCm39) D580E probably damaging Het
Dnah17 T C 11: 117,987,387 (GRCm39) K1308E possibly damaging Het
Dpep1 A T 8: 123,920,883 (GRCm39) D21V probably benign Het
Dspp G A 5: 104,326,250 (GRCm39) S871N unknown Het
En1 T A 1: 120,534,916 (GRCm39) *402K probably null Het
Eogt G T 6: 97,111,262 (GRCm39) R200S probably benign Het
Epb41l3 A G 17: 69,577,645 (GRCm39) T542A possibly damaging Het
Fam50b C T 13: 34,930,823 (GRCm39) Q100* probably null Het
Gask1a T C 9: 121,794,668 (GRCm39) I274T probably benign Het
Gh T C 11: 106,191,613 (GRCm39) E143G probably damaging Het
Hcn3 C A 3: 89,055,168 (GRCm39) R693L probably benign Het
Htra1 A T 7: 130,563,752 (GRCm39) I208F probably damaging Het
Ifna13 T A 4: 88,562,156 (GRCm39) E156V probably benign Het
Ints6 A G 14: 62,942,131 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Kifc5b A G 17: 27,144,515 (GRCm39) I545V probably damaging Het
Lrrc4c C T 2: 97,460,850 (GRCm39) S492F possibly damaging Het
Madd A T 2: 90,974,028 (GRCm39) C1419S possibly damaging Het
Map2k6 T C 11: 110,390,290 (GRCm39) S275P probably damaging Het
Mpp2 T C 11: 101,955,127 (GRCm39) E166G probably damaging Het
Mrpl48 G A 7: 100,214,471 (GRCm39) T48I probably damaging Het
Neu1 A G 17: 35,153,350 (GRCm39) D291G probably damaging Het
Nktr A G 9: 121,560,603 (GRCm39) K116E possibly damaging Het
Or6b9 A T 7: 106,555,834 (GRCm39) M103K probably benign Het
Or6c1b A T 10: 129,273,526 (GRCm39) M282L probably benign Het
Or8k1 T C 2: 86,047,148 (GRCm39) E302G probably benign Het
Pclo T A 5: 14,764,287 (GRCm39) D4253E unknown Het
Phactr1 A T 13: 43,231,265 (GRCm39) S244C possibly damaging Het
Prex1 A T 2: 166,419,875 (GRCm39) I79N probably benign Het
Rhebl1 A T 15: 98,776,167 (GRCm39) D162E probably benign Het
Rnf32 G T 5: 29,430,278 (GRCm39) V366F probably benign Het
Rpn2 A G 2: 157,152,208 (GRCm39) T394A possibly damaging Het
Ryr3 A T 2: 112,479,664 (GRCm39) M4386K possibly damaging Het
Sirt7 T C 11: 120,515,321 (GRCm39) S112G probably damaging Het
Slc1a6 A T 10: 78,624,882 (GRCm39) M96L probably benign Het
Slc25a29 T C 12: 108,792,852 (GRCm39) E242G probably benign Het
Slc30a2 G T 4: 134,075,857 (GRCm39) Q210H probably benign Het
Sorcs2 A T 5: 36,199,430 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Spink5 A G 18: 44,119,396 (GRCm39) N236D probably benign Het
Syne2 A G 12: 75,974,240 (GRCm39) E1146G possibly damaging Het
Sytl3 A G 17: 6,976,273 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Tasor A C 14: 27,164,452 (GRCm39) K253Q probably damaging Het
Tgm7 A G 2: 120,929,045 (GRCm39) S284P probably damaging Het
Tmem45a A T 16: 56,643,882 (GRCm39) L89Q probably damaging Het
Ttc23l A G 15: 10,523,678 (GRCm39) I347T possibly damaging Het
Txlna T C 4: 129,525,935 (GRCm39) E304G probably damaging Het
Zfp709 T C 8: 72,642,934 (GRCm39) V121A probably benign Het
Other mutations in Npc1
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL02347:Npc1 APN 18 12,332,691 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.45
IGL02523:Npc1 APN 18 12,334,629 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
IGL03018:Npc1 APN 18 12,347,436 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL03101:Npc1 APN 18 12,331,596 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.15
IGL03151:Npc1 APN 18 12,352,332 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
IGL03377:Npc1 APN 18 12,344,878 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
PIT4354001:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,344,592 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0068:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,341,424 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R0068:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,341,424 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.04
R0190:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,324,887 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0200:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,352,261 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R0485:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,503 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0699:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,343,632 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0730:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,352,382 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1302:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,328,142 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R1442:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,328,106 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R1463:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,324,887 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1804:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,356,145 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1808:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,327,149 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1928:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,435 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R2112:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,529 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.49
R2117:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,329,613 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R2157:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,324,866 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R2311:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,335,240 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R2446:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,347,396 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R3004:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,330,311 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.03
R4090:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,331,219 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R4304:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,343,584 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R4308:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,343,584 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R4564:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,324,789 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4786:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,332,554 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.35
R5243:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,331,688 (GRCm39) intron probably benign
R5404:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,356 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.79
R5823:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,324,846 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.69
R6080:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,352,408 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6215:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,369,249 (GRCm39) small deletion probably benign
R6301:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,330,302 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R6476:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,334,751 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R7007:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,343,605 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R7020:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,331,594 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7048:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,337,822 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7116:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,344,601 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7153:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,348 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.78
R7359:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,328,237 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R7382:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,334,763 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
R7765:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,328,105 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8047:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,374 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R8094:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,327,297 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R8161:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,328,129 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.77
R8310:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,326,455 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R8821:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,333,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8831:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,333,877 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8847:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,323,987 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R9022:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,422 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R9343:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,334,769 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.52
R9460:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,346,398 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.93
R9723:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,343,649 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
X0012:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,326,368 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CCAATGAGAAGTCTGACCGG -3'
(R):5'- TATAGCAGCAGTGTCAAGTGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- AAGCCCTTGGTGCTCTCCTTG -3'
(R):5'- TGGAGGGAAGGAACTAGAGTTTGC -3'
Posted On 2014-10-16