Incidental Mutation 'R5243:Npc1'
ID 401018
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 042814-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.616) question?
Stock # R5243 (G1)
Quality Score 225
Status Validated
Chromosome 18
Chromosomal Location 12322749-12369457 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation intron
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to A at 12331688 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 benign
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
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.0846 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 99.2%
  • 3x: 98.6%
  • 10x: 97.1%
  • 20x: 95.0%
Validation Efficiency 95% (62/65)
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: 60 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
4930447C04Rik A T 12: 72,956,543 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Aatk A G 11: 119,907,594 (GRCm39) L78P probably damaging Het
Acadsb T A 7: 131,045,972 (GRCm39) I412K probably damaging Het
Acer3 T C 7: 97,867,277 (GRCm39) R246G possibly damaging Het
Atp1a3 T A 7: 24,693,994 (GRCm39) I387F probably damaging Het
Atp6v1b2 A T 8: 69,556,391 (GRCm39) M300L probably benign Het
Aurkb T A 11: 68,936,752 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Card10 C A 15: 78,664,872 (GRCm39) G694V possibly damaging Het
Ccdc171 A G 4: 83,522,344 (GRCm39) N336S probably damaging Het
Copg2 T C 6: 30,750,626 (GRCm39) T720A probably benign Het
Coro2a A T 4: 46,545,620 (GRCm39) W272R probably damaging Het
Cpne6 T A 14: 55,750,204 (GRCm39) C112S probably damaging Het
Ddx21 A G 10: 62,437,992 (GRCm39) M1T probably null Het
Dohh A G 10: 81,223,203 (GRCm39) R161G probably benign Het
Dsc1 A C 18: 20,232,216 (GRCm39) V264G probably damaging Het
E4f1 A T 17: 24,666,292 (GRCm39) C198S probably damaging Het
Evpl T A 11: 116,113,795 (GRCm39) E1298D probably damaging Het
Grid2ip A T 5: 143,363,260 (GRCm39) I246F probably damaging Het
H2-M1 A G 17: 36,982,193 (GRCm39) F136S possibly damaging Het
Hck T C 2: 152,986,412 (GRCm39) V387A probably damaging Het
Hdac1 G A 4: 129,410,646 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Hydin A C 8: 111,232,380 (GRCm39) Q1633P possibly damaging Het
Igkv12-41 A G 6: 69,835,686 (GRCm39) I22T probably damaging Het
Ints3 CA CAA 3: 90,308,451 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Itpr2 C G 6: 146,089,044 (GRCm39) W2188C probably damaging Het
Kcnt1 A G 2: 25,798,086 (GRCm39) E899G probably damaging Het
Lgals8 C A 13: 12,469,645 (GRCm39) V12L probably benign Het
Lgr6 T C 1: 135,037,010 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Lrrc8b T G 5: 105,628,812 (GRCm39) I386S probably damaging Het
Mks1 T C 11: 87,747,504 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Mon1b A G 8: 114,364,553 (GRCm39) D110G possibly damaging Het
Mpdz G T 4: 81,225,116 (GRCm39) A1437E probably damaging Het
Nbeal1 T A 1: 60,309,487 (GRCm39) N1753K probably damaging Het
Nceh1 T C 3: 27,295,837 (GRCm39) V366A probably damaging Het
Ncor1 A T 11: 62,229,788 (GRCm39) D893E probably damaging Het
Or1j15 T C 2: 36,458,655 (GRCm39) L15P probably damaging Het
Or9i1b A G 19: 13,897,025 (GRCm39) I214V probably damaging Het
Podxl2 T C 6: 88,826,356 (GRCm39) T317A probably benign Het
Prl8a9 T G 13: 27,746,446 (GRCm39) Q54P probably damaging Het
Prpf31 C T 7: 3,641,753 (GRCm39) R351* probably null Het
Pspc1 C T 14: 57,001,648 (GRCm39) G242D probably damaging Het
Rbmxl2 G C 7: 106,809,044 (GRCm39) G110R probably damaging Het
Rif1 T A 2: 52,001,836 (GRCm39) H1763Q possibly damaging Het
Rpusd3 T C 6: 113,395,025 (GRCm39) T85A probably benign Het
Rttn A G 18: 89,126,187 (GRCm39) I1853M possibly damaging Het
Sacs T A 14: 61,443,406 (GRCm39) C1817* probably null Het
Scrib A T 15: 75,937,101 (GRCm39) V335E probably benign Het
Sdk2 A G 11: 113,715,912 (GRCm39) L1549P possibly damaging Het
Slc25a11 C T 11: 70,536,924 (GRCm39) G44S probably damaging Het
Slc6a3 A G 13: 73,719,570 (GRCm39) Y533C possibly damaging Het
Slc7a5 A G 8: 122,623,274 (GRCm39) V191A probably damaging Het
Son A G 16: 91,451,621 (GRCm39) K123E probably damaging Het
Tcstv3 T A 13: 120,779,125 (GRCm39) M8K probably benign Het
Tie1 A G 4: 118,339,548 (GRCm39) V411A probably damaging Het
Upk3bl C A 5: 136,088,977 (GRCm39) D1E possibly damaging Het
Vmn2r5 T C 3: 64,411,497 (GRCm39) D357G probably damaging Het
Vmn2r75 T C 7: 85,813,447 (GRCm39) N452D probably damaging Het
Wnk2 T A 13: 49,226,054 (GRCm39) N1043I possibly damaging Het
Zfp407 A T 18: 84,579,216 (GRCm39) H632Q probably damaging Het
Zfp423 T C 8: 88,500,275 (GRCm39) K1174R 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
R2279:Npc1 UTSW 18 12,330,236 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
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
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'- CATGATTTGCATTCAGAAGCAAGC -3'
(R):5'- AAAGCCCTGTAGGTGCTGTAC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TGCATTCAGAAGCAAGCATTAAC -3'
(R):5'- AAGCCCTGTAGGTGCTGTACTATAAG -3'
Posted On 2016-07-06