NM_000271.5:c.530G>A

Variant names:

• chr18-23561461-C-T
• rs80358252
• NM_000271.5:c.530G>A

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points: 19P and 0B. PM1 PM2 PM5 PP2 PP3_Strong PP5_Very_Strong

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.530G>A​(p.Cys177Tyr) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000186 in 1,614,078 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. 13/22 in silico tools predict a damaging outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Likely pathogenic (★★). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. C177R) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

• Frequency:
  • Genomes: 𝑓 0.000013 (0 hom., cov: 32)
  • Exomes 𝑓: 6.8e-7 (0 hom.)
• Consequence: NPC1 NM_000271.5 missense
• Clinical Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts P:8 O:1
• Conservation: PhyloP100: 7.88
• Publications: 11 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: Pathogenic. The variant received 19 ACMG points.

• PM1: In a hotspot region, there are 3 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 10 uncertain in NM_000271.5
• PM2: Very rare variant in population databases, with high coverage
• PM5: Other missense variant is known to change same aminoacid residue: Variant chr18-23561462-A-G is described in ClinVar as Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 1705803.Status of the report is criteria_provided_single_submitter, 1 stars.
• 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.
• PP3: MetaRNN computational evidence supports a deleterious effect, 0.993
• PP5: Variant 18-23561461-C-T is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr18-23561461-C-T is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 2974.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 stars.

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.530G>A	p.Cys177Tyr	missense	Exon 5 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.530G>A	p.Cys177Tyr	missense	Exon 5 of 25	ENSP00000269228.4
	NPC1	ENST00000540608.5	TSL:2	n.444G>A		non_coding_transcript_exon	Exon 3 of 16

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152204 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32

Gnomad AFR AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMI AF: 0.00

Gnomad AMR AF: 0.000131

Gnomad ASJ AF: 0.00

Gnomad EAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad SAS AF: 0.00

Gnomad FIN AF: 0.00

Gnomad MID AF: 0.00

Gnomad NFE AF: 0.00

Gnomad OTH AF: 0.00

GnomAD4 exome AF: 6.84e-7 AC: 1 AN: 1461874 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.00 AC XY: 0 AN XY: 727238

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 33480

American (AMR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 44724

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 26136

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 39700

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 86258

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 53420

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5764

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 1111996

Other (OTH) AF: 0.0000166 AC: 1 AN: 60396

GnomAD4 genome AF: 0.0000131 AC: 2 AN: 152204 Hom.: 0 Cov.: 32 AF XY: 0.0000269 AC XY: 2 AN XY: 74342

African (AFR) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 41460

American (AMR) AF: 0.000131 AC: 2 AN: 15278

Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 3472

East Asian (EAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 5196

South Asian (SAS) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 4828

European-Finnish (FIN) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 10610

Middle Eastern (MID) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 316

European-Non Finnish (NFE) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 68040

Other (OTH) AF: 0.00 AC: 0 AN: 2094

Alfa AF: 0.00 Hom.: 0

Bravo AF: 0.00000378

ClinVar

Significance: Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic

Submissions summary: Pathogenic:8 Other:1

Revision: criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Submissions by phenotype

Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 Pathogenic:4 Other:1

Jan 23, 2015

Counsyl

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: literature only

This submission and the accompanying classification are no longer maintained by the submitter. For more information on current observations and classification, please contact variantquestions@myriad.com.

GeneReviews

Significance: not provided

Review Status: no classification provided

Collection Method: literature only

Jul 01, 2001

OMIM

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: no assertion criteria provided

Collection Method: literature only

Apr 02, 2021

New York Genome Center

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

The c.530G>A, p.Cys177Tyr missense variant identified in NPC1 has been reported as homozygous or compound heterozygous in multiple patients with severe infantile, late infantile, and juvenile Niemann-Pick disease type C [PMID: 11479732; PMID: 32709131; PMID: 20718790]. This variant has two heterozygous alleles in the gnomAD v3 database, indicating this is a rare allele and in silico tools predict a deleterious effect. Based on the available evidence, the inherited variant c.530G>A, p.Cys177Tyr in the NPC1 gene is classified as pathogenic.

Jan 01, 2025

Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

This sequence change replaces cysteine, which is neutral and slightly polar, with tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, at codon 177 of the NPC1 protein (p.Cys177Tyr). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with Niemann-Pick type C (PMID: 11479732, 16098014, 28222799). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 2974). Invitae Evidence Modeling of protein sequence and biophysical properties (such as structural, functional, and spatial information, amino acid conservation, physicochemical variation, residue mobility, and thermodynamic stability) indicates that this missense variant is expected to disrupt NPC1 protein function with a positive predictive value of 95%. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic.

not provided Pathogenic:3

Mar 11, 2024

Genetic Services Laboratory, University of Chicago

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

DNA sequence analysis of the NPC1 gene demonstrated a sequence change, c.530G>A, in exon 5 that results in an amino acid change, p.Cys177Tyr. The p.Cys177Tyr change affects a highly conserved amino acid residue located in a domain of the NPC1 protein that is known to be functional. In-silico pathogenicity prediction tools (SIFT, PolyPhen2, Align GVGD, REVEL) provide contradictory results for the p.Cys177Tyr substitution. This sequence change has been reported in individual(s) with Niemann-Pick type C both in the homozygous and compound heterozygous states (PMID: 11479732, 32709131, 20718790, 16098014, 28222799). This sequence change has not been described in population databases such as ExAC and gnomAD (dbSNP rs80358252). Collectively, this evidence indicates that this sequence change is likely pathogenic, however functional studies have not been performed to prove this conclusively.

Apr 15, 2025

GeneDx

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Not observed in large population cohorts (gnomAD); In silico analysis, which includes protein predictors and evolutionary conservation, supports a deleterious effect; This variant is associated with the following publications: (PMID: 11479732, 12955717, 25131710, 12974729, 20301473, 19744920, 16098014, 20826119, 16126423, 15459971, 10521297, 425535, 30820861, 30985853, 31589614, 20718790, 28222799, 22572546, 20525256)

Dec 18, 2017

Eurofins Ntd Llc (ga)

Significance: Pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Inborn genetic diseases Pathogenic:1

Aug 18, 2017

Ambry Genetics

Significance: Likely pathogenic

Review Status: criteria provided, single submitter

Collection Method: clinical testing

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.9

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
AlphaMissense	Pathogenic	1.0
BayesDel_addAF	Pathogenic	0.48	D
BayesDel_noAF	Pathogenic	0.46
CADD	Pathogenic	27
DANN	Uncertain	1.0
DEOGEN2	Pathogenic	0.97	D
Eigen	Pathogenic	0.90
Eigen_PC	Pathogenic	0.85
FATHMM_MKL	Pathogenic	0.99	D
LIST_S2	Uncertain	0.96	D
M_CAP	Pathogenic	0.42	D
MetaRNN	Pathogenic	0.99	D
MetaSVM	Pathogenic	0.95	D
MutationAssessor	Pathogenic	3.5	M
PhyloP100		7.9
PrimateAI	Pathogenic	0.88	D
PROVEAN	Pathogenic	-11	D
REVEL	Pathogenic	0.88
Sift	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Sift4G	Pathogenic	0.0	D
Polyphen		1.0	D
Vest4		0.97
MutPred		0.95		Gain of ubiquitination at K179 (P = 0.0945)
MVP		0.97
MPC		1.1
ClinPred		1.0	D
GERP RS		5.4
RBP_binding_hub_radar		0.0
RBP_regulation_power_radar		1.7
Varity_R		0.99
gMVP		0.97
Mutation Taster		=2/98	disease causing (ClinVar)

Splicing

Name	Calibrated prediction	Score	Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)		0.0		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: rs80358252; hg19: chr18-21141425;