Incidental Mutation 'R9343:Npc1'
ID 716004
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
Accession Numbers
Essential gene? Possibly essential (E-score: 0.637) question?
Stock # R9343 (G1)
Quality Score 225.009
Status Validated
Chromosome 18
Chromosomal Location 12322749-12369457 bp(-) (GRCm39)
Type of Mutation missense
DNA Base Change (assembly) A to G at 12334769 bp (GRCm39)
Zygosity Heterozygous
Amino Acid Change Isoleucine to Threonine at position 661 (I661T)
Ref Sequence ENSEMBL: ENSMUSP00000025279 (fasta)
Gene Model predicted gene model for transcript(s): [ENSMUST00000025279]
AlphaFold O35604
Predicted Effect possibly damaging
Transcript: ENSMUST00000025279
AA Change: I661T

PolyPhen 2 Score 0.521 (Sensitivity: 0.88; Specificity: 0.90)
SMART Domains Protein: ENSMUSP00000025279
Gene: ENSMUSG00000024413
AA Change: I661T

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
Coding Region Coverage
  • 1x: 100.0%
  • 3x: 99.9%
  • 10x: 99.6%
  • 20x: 98.7%
Validation Efficiency 100% (45/45)
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: 45 list
GeneRefVarChr/LocMutationPredicted EffectZygosity
Abtb2 A G 2: 103,547,505 (GRCm39) I960V probably benign Het
Alpk3 A G 7: 80,742,079 (GRCm39) D632G probably benign Het
Aplp2 A T 9: 31,122,935 (GRCm39) L30Q unknown Het
Axl A T 7: 25,473,544 (GRCm39) Y361N probably damaging Het
Brinp2 A T 1: 158,077,090 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Bsn T C 9: 107,992,701 (GRCm39) D1017G probably damaging Het
Cc2d2a A T 5: 43,875,999 (GRCm39) D1046V probably damaging Het
Cdc42bpg G A 19: 6,364,553 (GRCm39) G594S probably damaging Het
Clcn6 A G 4: 148,098,458 (GRCm39) S519P probably benign Het
Cnot2 T G 10: 116,346,326 (GRCm39) H92P Het
Col2a1 T C 15: 97,877,775 (GRCm39) D1049G probably damaging Het
Creld1 C T 6: 113,466,728 (GRCm39) A237V probably benign Het
Csf2rb2 A T 15: 78,171,287 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Csmd3 G A 15: 48,015,001 (GRCm39) T643I probably damaging Het
Fam186b G A 15: 99,177,616 (GRCm39) A570V probably damaging Het
Fcmr A T 1: 130,802,072 (GRCm39) T109S Het
Grap C A 11: 61,562,551 (GRCm39) P174Q possibly damaging Het
Itgb5 T A 16: 33,730,826 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Kidins220 A G 12: 25,058,078 (GRCm39) N561S probably damaging Het
Mri1 A T 8: 84,983,796 (GRCm39) S32T probably benign Het
Mrtfb T C 16: 13,218,791 (GRCm39) V479A probably benign Het
Muc4 A T 16: 32,569,971 (GRCm39) T344S possibly damaging Het
Npy1r A G 8: 67,156,751 (GRCm39) N57S probably damaging Het
Pds5b A G 5: 150,704,186 (GRCm39) D863G probably damaging Het
Phf14 T A 6: 11,961,563 (GRCm39) V400D probably damaging Het
Polr2l A G 7: 141,053,246 (GRCm39) I56T probably benign Het
Ppat A G 5: 77,063,884 (GRCm39) I422T probably benign Het
Prkcg T A 7: 3,359,124 (GRCm39) S110R possibly damaging Het
Rab7b A T 1: 131,639,540 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Rnf152 A T 1: 105,212,251 (GRCm39) L102Q Het
Samd12 A G 15: 53,583,088 (GRCm39) V82A probably damaging Het
Serpina1e T A 12: 103,917,299 (GRCm39) R123S probably benign Het
Slit1 T A 19: 41,615,737 (GRCm39) N794I probably damaging Het
Surf6 T C 2: 26,783,006 (GRCm39) K154R probably damaging Het
Tln2 C T 9: 67,230,353 (GRCm39) A71T probably benign Het
Trim3 A G 7: 105,260,673 (GRCm39) Y649H probably benign Het
Ttll7 T A 3: 146,667,497 (GRCm39) W808R probably damaging Het
Tvp23a T C 16: 10,245,287 (GRCm39) D104G probably damaging Het
Upp2 A G 2: 58,645,339 (GRCm39) probably benign Het
Vipr1 G A 9: 121,471,993 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Vmn1r119 A G 7: 20,746,358 (GRCm39) V8A probably benign Het
Vmn1r209 T A 13: 22,990,546 (GRCm39) H48L probably damaging Het
Wdr11 T C 7: 129,232,523 (GRCm39) probably null Het
Zcchc17 T C 4: 130,210,546 (GRCm39) D207G probably damaging Het
Zfp78 T C 7: 6,381,942 (GRCm39) S331P probably damaging 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
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
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'- CAGTGCTGAGCAGTCACTTAG -3'
(R):5'- TTGTTGCTAGGGAGAAACCTGC -3'

Sequencing Primer
(F):5'- TCACTGAGTGCTTAGACAGACGC -3'
(R):5'- AAACCTGCAAGTTTCTTCTGTG -3'
Posted On 2022-06-15