Incidental Mutation 'R6388:Npc1l1'
ID 515639
Institutional Source Beutler Lab
Gene Symbol Npc1l1
Ensembl Gene ENSMUSG00000020447
Gene Name NPC1 like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1
Synonyms Niemann-Pick disease, type C1, 9130221N23Rik
MMRRC Submission 044537-MU
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Probably non essential (E-score: 0.098) question?
Stock # R6388 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 11
Chromosomal Location 6161013-6180143 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) T to C at 6174145 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Glutamic Acid to Glycine at position 720 (E720G)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000004505 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000004505]
AlphaFold no structure available at present
Predicted Effect probably damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000004505
AA Change: E720G

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.999 (Sensitivity: 0.14; Specificity: 0.99)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000004505
Gene: ENSMUSG00000020447
AA Change: E720G

DomainStartEndE-ValueType
signal peptide 1 20 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:NPC1_N 28 283 8.7e-74 PFAM
low complexity region 294 307 N/A INTRINSIC
transmembrane domain 348 370 N/A INTRINSIC
Pfam:Patched 385 897 4.7e-52 PFAM
Pfam:Sterol-sensing 661 815 5.7e-55 PFAM
Pfam:MMPL 665 830 2.3e-11 PFAM
Pfam:Patched 1063 1268 6.2e-34 PFAM
Meta Mutation Damage Score 0.1776 question?
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.1%
  • 20x: 96.8%
Validation Efficiency 100% (35/35)
MGI Phenotype FUNCTION: [Summary is not available for the mouse gene. This summary is for the human ortholog.] The protein encoded by this gene is a multi-pass membrane protein. It contains a conserved N-terminal Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1) domain and a putative sterol-sensing domain (SSD) which includes a YQRL motif functioning as a plasma membrane to trans-Golgi network transport signal in other proteins. This protein takes up free cholesterol into cells through vesicular endocytosis and plays a critical role in the absorption of intestinal cholesterol. It also has the ability to transport alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E). The drug ezetimibe targets this protein and inhibits the absorption of intestinal cholesterol and alpha-tocopherol. In addition, this protein may play a critical role in regulating lipid metabolism. Polymorphic variations in this gene are associated with plasma total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels and coronary heart disease (CHD) risk. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2009]
PHENOTYPE: Mice homozygous for a targeted null mutation exhibit normal intestinal development, fertility and plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels; however, intestinal cholesterol absorption was substantially reduced. [provided by MGI curators]
Allele List at MGI
Other mutations in this stock
Total: 36 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
2210408I21Rik C T 13: 77,410,230 (GRCm39) R560W probably benign Het
Abi3 A G 11: 95,724,464 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ap1b1 T C 11: 4,976,319 (GRCm39) I449T probably damaging Het
Atpaf2 C A 11: 60,307,833 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Car5a T C 8: 122,653,910 (GRCm39) Y118C probably damaging Het
Ccdc18 A G 5: 108,349,214 (GRCm39) D1002G possibly damaging Het
Ciao1 A T 2: 127,088,396 (GRCm39) C142* probably null Het
Clec14a A G 12: 58,314,243 (GRCm39) *460R probably null Het
Defb30 T A 14: 63,287,213 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Dnah10 A G 5: 124,906,710 (GRCm39) K4247R probably benign Het
Eif5b G A 1: 38,058,081 (GRCm39) A128T unknown Het
Fam3b T C 16: 97,279,591 (GRCm39) T113A probably benign Het
Fam98c C T 7: 28,854,728 (GRCm39) R126Q probably damaging Het
Fastkd3 C T 13: 68,738,319 (GRCm39) L623F probably damaging Het
Golga1 T C 2: 38,913,183 (GRCm39) D543G probably benign Het
Gpatch8 A T 11: 102,369,314 (GRCm39) V1408E probably damaging Het
Icosl T A 10: 77,905,366 (GRCm39) L3Q possibly damaging Homo
Igf2r A G 17: 12,902,787 (GRCm39) V2421A probably benign Het
Iglon5 T C 7: 43,127,556 (GRCm39) T165A possibly damaging Het
Map3k11 A G 19: 5,740,279 (GRCm39) E2G probably damaging Het
Nipbl A T 15: 8,330,268 (GRCm39) C2386S probably damaging Het
Nos1 A G 5: 118,052,501 (GRCm39) E837G possibly damaging Het
Or1e35 A G 11: 73,798,118 (GRCm39) S67P probably damaging Het
Pla1a T A 16: 38,217,834 (GRCm39) M385L probably benign Het
Saxo4 A G 19: 10,459,665 (GRCm39) V14A probably damaging Het
Setdb2 T C 14: 59,662,146 (GRCm39) T82A probably benign Het
Smarcd3 A G 5: 24,801,024 (GRCm39) F128L possibly damaging Het
St3gal1 A G 15: 66,983,195 (GRCm39) V187A possibly damaging Het
Syvn1 T A 19: 6,102,381 (GRCm39) V483E probably damaging Het
Timm22 G A 11: 76,297,945 (GRCm39) V19I probably benign Het
Ttn C A 2: 76,621,189 (GRCm39) D15716Y probably damaging Het
Ube3a C T 7: 58,954,669 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Ugp2 A G 11: 21,272,051 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Vmn1r13 T A 6: 57,186,903 (GRCm39) F21I probably benign Het
Vps13d T C 4: 144,882,144 (GRCm39) S1150G probably benign Het
Zp3 T C 5: 136,011,548 (GRCm39) V122A probably benign Het
Other mutations in Npc1l1
AlleleSourceChrCoordTypePredicted EffectPPH Score
IGL00163:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,174,199 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01348:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,177,974 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01891:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,164,280 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
IGL01897:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,177,879 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02098:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,164,581 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
IGL02121:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,178,157 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
IGL02724:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,164,684 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
IGL02947:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,179,246 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
IGL03328:Npc1l1 APN 11 6,168,643 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R0137:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,148 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R0322:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,179,042 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R0352:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,173,076 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R0492:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,173,040 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.82
R0918:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,168,239 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1300:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,177,859 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1455:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,174 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.66
R1588:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,785 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R1803:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,846 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R1882:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,473 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R1944:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,588 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
R1945:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,175,199 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R1945:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,588 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.67
R3155:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,171,840 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R4343:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,773 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R4504:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,741 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.61
R4610:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,215 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4807:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,168,723 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R4829:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,010 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5135:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,174,245 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.94
R5290:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,172,221 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.00
R5369:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,705 (GRCm39) critical splice donor site probably null
R5388:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,733 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5532:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,174,245 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R5540:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,546 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5754:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,177,839 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R5760:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,179,031 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.02
R6057:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,806 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.66
R6644:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,014 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.98
R6644:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,013 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6756:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,165,153 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R6790:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,260 (GRCm39) splice site probably null
R7006:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,731 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7062:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,807 (GRCm39) missense probably benign
R7273:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,168,320 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R7383:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,777 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.30
R8003:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,165,129 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8081:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,167,768 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.01
R8272:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,179,327 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R8549:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,168,675 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8849:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,179,038 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.97
R8887:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,175,665 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
R8907:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,157 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.28
R9102:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,684 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.88
R9289:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,168,355 (GRCm39) nonsense probably null
R9626:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,177,854 (GRCm39) missense probably benign 0.05
R9785:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,180,090 (GRCm39) missense unknown
X0022:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,178,058 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Z1177:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,175,209 (GRCm39) missense possibly damaging 0.92
Z1177:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,168,681 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 0.99
Z1177:Npc1l1 UTSW 11 6,164,343 (GRCm39) missense probably damaging 1.00
Predicted Primers PCR Primer
(F):5'- CGCCCCTGGTAATGTAAAGG -3'
(R):5'- TGGATTCCAAGGCTACTCTGG -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- CCATTACAAAGCTTACTGGATGCTG -3'
(R):5'- AAGGCTACTCTGGGCCTAG -3'
Posted On 2018-05-04