NM_000271.5:c.2987T>C

Variant names:

• chr18-23538596-A-G
• rs1555632958
• NM_000271.5:c.2987T>C

Variant summary

Our verdict is Uncertain significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points: 5P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PP2

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.2987T>C​(p.Met996Thr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.000000705 in 1,418,168 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. No clinical diagnostic laboratories have submitted clinical-significance assessments for this variant to ClinVar. Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. M996R) has been classified as Uncertain significance.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 7.1e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: NPC1 NM_000271.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Not reported in ClinVar
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.49
• Publications: 0 publications found

Genes affected

NPC1 (HGNC:7897): (NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1) 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]

NPC1 Gene-Disease associations (from GenCC):

• Niemann-Pick disease, type C1

  Inheritance: AR Classification: DEFINITIVE, STRONG Submitted by: ClinGen, Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), G2P, Genomics England PanelApp, Myriad Women’s Health
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, adult neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, juvenile neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, late infantile neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe early infantile neurologic onset

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet
• Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe perinatal form

  Inheritance: AR Classification: SUPPORTIVE Submitted by: Orphanet

ACMG classification

Our verdict: Uncertain_significance. The variant received 5 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 8 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 0 benign, 6 uncertain in NM_000271.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PP2: Missense variant in the gene, where a lot of missense mutations are associated with disease in ClinVar. The gene has 171 curated pathogenic missense variants (we use a threshold of 10). The gene has 18 curated benign missense variants. Gene score misZ: 1.0917 (below the threshold of 3.09). Trascript score misZ: 1.706 (below the threshold of 3.09). GenCC associations: The gene is linked to Niemann-Pick disease, type C1, Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe early infantile neurologic onset, Niemann-Pick disease type C, late infantile neurologic onset, Niemann-Pick disease type C, adult neurologic onset, Niemann-Pick disease type C, juvenile neurologic onset, Niemann-Pick disease type C, severe perinatal form.

Variant Effect in Transcripts

ACMG analysis was done for transcript: NM_000271.5. You can select a different transcript below to see updated ACMG assignments.

RefSeq Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	NPC1	NM_000271.5	MANE Select	c.2987T>C	p.Met996Thr	missense	Exon 20 of 25	NP_000262.2

Ensembl Transcripts

Selected	Gene	Transcript	Tags	HGVSc	HGVSp	Effect	Exon Rank	Protein	UniProt
	NPC1	ENST00000269228.10	TSL:1 MANE Select	c.2987T>C	p.Met996Thr	missense	Exon 20 of 25	ENSP00000269228.4
	NPC1	ENST00000591051.1	TSL:2	c.2063T>C	p.Met688Thr	missense	Exon 13 of 18	ENSP00000467636.1
	NPC1	ENST00000591075.1	TSL:4	n.620T>C		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 2 of 3

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes Cov.: 32

GnomAD4 exome AF: 7.05e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1418168 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00000141 AC XY: 1 AN XY: 707356

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 32622

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44644

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 25866

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39384

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 85374

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53276

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5682

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 9.32e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1072412

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 58908

GnomAD4 genome Cov.: 32

ClinVar

Not reported in ClinVar

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Benign	0.26
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.40	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.34
CADD	Benign	21
DANN	Benign	0.82
DEOGEN2	Benign	0.32	T
Eigen	Benign	0.063
Eigen_PC	Uncertain	0.22
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.88	D
M_CAP	Uncertain	0.17	D
MetaRNN	Uncertain	0.58	D
MetaSVM	Uncertain	0.31	D
MutationAssessor	Uncertain	2.8	M
PhyloP100		7.5
PrimateAI	Uncertain	0.67	T
PROVEAN	Benign	-2.0	N
REVEL	Uncertain	0.63
Sift	Benign	0.52	T
Sift4G	Benign	0.62	T
Polyphen		0.0040	B
Vest4		0.60
MutPred		0.56		Gain of helix (P = 0.062)
MVP		0.96
MPC		0.30
ClinPred		0.88	D
GERP RS		5.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.7
Varity_R		0.48
gMVP		0.89

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.040		Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2

Find out detailed SpliceAI scores and Pangolin per-transcript scores at spliceailookup.broadinstitute.org

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs1555632958; hg19: chr18-21118560;