Gene Information
Gene NameNPC1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length1278
Protein NamesNPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1 (Niemann-Pick C1 protein)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age1488 ( ENSG00000141458 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBO15118
Gene CardNPC1
Uniprot IDO15118
PfamPF16414; PF02460; PF12349
In ASDyes
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.339749728)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ NPC1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ NPC1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ NPC1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ NPC1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Npc1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ NPC1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Npc1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ NPC1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsNPC1L1
ParalogsDISP1, DISP3, SCAP, PTCHD1, PTCH2, PTCHD3, PTCHD4, NPC1L1, DISP2, PTCH1
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityNA
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNULL(Chimpanzee);NULL(Mouse);0.001000(Rat);NULL(Rabbit)
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB 3GKH  (X-ray  1.81A  3GKI  (X-ray  1.80A  3GKJ  (X-ray  1.60A  3JD8  (EM  4.43A  5F18  (X-ray  2.00A  5F1B  (X-ray  2.30A  5HNS  (X-ray  2.45A  5JNX  (EM  6.56A  5KWY  (X-ray  2.40A  5U73  (X-ray  3.35A  5U74  (X-ray  3.33A  6UOX  (EM  4.13A  6W5R  (EM  3.60A  6W5S  (EM  3.00A  6W5T  (EM  3.70A  6W5U  (EM  3.90A  6W5V  (EM  4.00A 
DBSNP rs747049347  rs120074136  rs372947142  rs17855819  rs866966704  rs80358252  rs1805081  rs55680026  rs80358251  rs1230538609  rs1346436537  rs120074134  rs1435915496  rs1555637157  rs1053321823  rs766301620  rs139751448  rs1298238512  rs1064793791  rs774333145  rs61731962  rs781065429  rs372445155  rs1555636659  rs1190383931  rs13381670  rs1567963883  rs483352886  rs377515417  rs138184115  rs369368181  rs761660695  rs1555634739  rs745777805  rs773351341  rs2058768195  rs1788799  rs765652543  rs1555634490  rs376213990  rs750480579  rs1555634452  rs1057518942  rs1555634422  rs370323921  rs1393388896  rs757475924  rs1555634202  rs752386083  rs80358253  rs1555633697  rs550562774  rs1057519242  rs1805082  rs1160114136  rs372030650  rs1191346899  rs120074130  rs768999208  rs564631426  rs753768576  rs28940897  rs786204714  rs143124972  rs748837410  rs1428599096  rs1261939149  rs120074135  rs543206298  rs120074132  rs34084984  rs773767253  rs28942108  rs1364834942  rs757534240  rs80358254  rs80358254  rs1555632958  rs150334966  rs80358257  rs761773567  rs140211089  rs2058637844  rs28942107  rs28942104  rs80358258  rs771000314  rs80358259  rs772622214  rs746715353  rs28942106  rs374526072  rs1338658857  rs758829443  rs2058616184  rs778878523  rs34715591  rs28942105  rs28942105  rs748862167  rs1555631998  rs780175800  rs200444084  rs369098773  rs758902805  rs758902805  rs753419933  rs120074131  rs766178353  rs761653115  rs745892286  rs1415921261  rs1805084 
Subcellular location [CC]Late endosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:12554680};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10821832, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27238017, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28784760}. Lysosome membrane {ECO:0000269|PubMed:17897319, ECO:0000269|PubMed:9927649};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000269|PubMed:10821832, ECO:0000269|PubMed:27238017, ECO:0000269|PubMed:28784760}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
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