rs202140203

Variant summary

Our verdict is Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points: 12P and 0B. PM1PM2PM5PP2PP3_StrongPP5

The NM_000271.5(NPC1):​c.1901A>T​(p.Tyr634Phe) variant causes a missense change involving the alteration of a conserved nucleotide. The variant allele was found at a frequency of 0.00000143 in 1,403,394 control chromosomes in the GnomAD database, with no homozygous occurrence. In-silico tool predicts a pathogenic outcome for this variant. Variant has been reported in ClinVar as Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity (no stars). Another variant affecting the same amino acid position, but resulting in a different missense (i.e. Y634C) has been classified as Likely pathogenic.

Frequency

Genomes: not found (cov: 32)
Exomes 𝑓: 0.0000014 ( 0 hom. )

Consequence

NPC1
NM_000271.5 missense

Scores

13
4
2

Clinical Significance

Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity criteria provided, conflicting classifications P:1U:1

Conservation

PhyloP100: 8.00

Publications

5 publications found
Variant links:
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

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ACMG classification

Classification was made for transcript

Our verdict: Pathogenic. The variant received 12 ACMG points.

PM1
In a hotspot region, there are 2 aminoacids with missense pathogenic changes in the window of +-8 aminoacids around while only 1 benign, 3 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 chr18-23545006-T-C is described in ClinVar as Pathogenic/Likely_pathogenic. ClinVar VariationId is 553800.Status of the report is criteria_provided_multiple_submitters_no_conflicts, 2 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, 0.939
PP5
Variant 18-23545006-T-A is Pathogenic according to our data. Variant chr18-23545006-T-A is described in ClinVar as Conflicting_classifications_of_pathogenicity. ClinVar VariationId is 1019102.

Transcripts

RefSeq

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank MANE Protein UniProt
NPC1NM_000271.5 linkc.1901A>T p.Tyr634Phe missense_variant Exon 12 of 25 ENST00000269228.10 NP_000262.2

Ensembl

Gene Transcript HGVSc HGVSp Effect Exon rank TSL MANE Protein Appris UniProt
NPC1ENST00000269228.10 linkc.1901A>T p.Tyr634Phe missense_variant Exon 12 of 25 1 NM_000271.5 ENSP00000269228.4 O15118-1
NPC1ENST00000591051.1 linkc.977A>T p.Tyr326Phe missense_variant Exon 5 of 18 2 ENSP00000467636.1 K7EQ23
NPC1ENST00000540608.5 linkn.1815A>T non_coding_transcript_exon_variant Exon 10 of 16 2

Frequencies

GnomAD3 genomes
Cov.:
32
GnomAD4 exome
AF:
0.00000143
AC:
2
AN:
1403394
Hom.:
0
Cov.:
34
AF XY:
0.00000287
AC XY:
2
AN XY:
697382
show subpopulations
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD version 4 Exomes is significantly skewed from the expected value of 0.5.
African (AFR)
AF:
0.0000613
AC:
2
AN:
32608
American (AMR)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
42750
Ashkenazi Jewish (ASJ)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
24988
East Asian (EAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
33774
South Asian (SAS)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
85652
European-Finnish (FIN)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
48134
Middle Eastern (MID)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
5614
European-Non Finnish (NFE)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
1072988
Other (OTH)
AF:
0.00
AC:
0
AN:
56886
⚠️ The allele balance in gnomAD4 Exomes is highly skewed from 0.5 (p-value = 0.0385499), which strongly suggests a high chance of mosaicism in these individuals.
Allele Balance Distribution
Red line indicates average allele balance
Average allele balance: 0.375
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Allele balance

Age Distribution

Exome Het
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GnomAD4 genome
Cov.:
32
Alfa
AF:
0.00
Hom.:
0

ClinVar

Significance: Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity
Submissions summary: Pathogenic:1Uncertain:1
Revision: criteria provided, conflicting classifications
LINK: link

Submissions by phenotype

Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 Pathogenic:1
Jan 25, 2025
Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae), Labcorp
Significance:Pathogenic
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

This sequence change replaces tyrosine, which is neutral and polar, with phenylalanine, which is neutral and non-polar, at codon 634 of the NPC1 protein (p.Tyr634Phe). This variant is not present in population databases (gnomAD no frequency). This missense change has been observed in individual(s) with clinical features of Niemann-Pick Type C (internal data). ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1019102). 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%. This variant disrupts the p.Tyr634 amino acid residue in NPC1. Other variant(s) that disrupt this residue have been determined to be pathogenic (PMID: 10419504, 19252935, 24891511, 32138288). This suggests that this residue is clinically significant, and that variants that disrupt this residue are likely to be disease-causing. For these reasons, this variant has been classified as Pathogenic. -

not specified Uncertain:1
Mar 08, 2024
Women's Health and Genetics/Laboratory Corporation of America, LabCorp
Significance:Uncertain significance
Review Status:criteria provided, single submitter
Collection Method:clinical testing

Variant summary: NPC1 c.1901A>T (p.Tyr634Phe) results in a conservative amino acid change located in the Sterol-sensing domain (IPR000731) of the encoded protein sequence. Four of five in-silico tools predict a damaging effect of the variant on protein function. The variant was absent in 251366 control chromosomes. The available data on variant occurrences in the general population are insufficient to allow any conclusion about variant significance. To our knowledge, no occurrence of c.1901A>T in individuals affected with Niemann-Pick Disease Type C and no experimental evidence demonstrating its impact on protein function have been reported. Althought another missense variant at the same codon (p.Tyr634Cys) has been classified internally as likely pathogenic, additional evidence is needed to determine the significance of this variant at this time. ClinVar contains an entry for this variant (Variation ID: 1019102). Based on the evidence outlined above, the variant was classified as uncertain significance. -

Computational scores

Source: dbNSFP v4.3

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
AlphaMissense
Benign
0.33
BayesDel_addAF
Pathogenic
0.31
D
BayesDel_noAF
Pathogenic
0.20
CADD
Pathogenic
28
DANN
Uncertain
0.99
DEOGEN2
Pathogenic
0.84
D
Eigen
Pathogenic
0.79
Eigen_PC
Pathogenic
0.76
FATHMM_MKL
Pathogenic
0.99
D
LIST_S2
Pathogenic
0.97
D
M_CAP
Uncertain
0.27
D
MetaRNN
Pathogenic
0.94
D
MetaSVM
Pathogenic
0.91
D
MutationAssessor
Pathogenic
2.9
M
PhyloP100
8.0
PrimateAI
Uncertain
0.56
T
PROVEAN
Uncertain
-4.0
D
REVEL
Pathogenic
0.77
Sift
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Sift4G
Pathogenic
0.0
D
Polyphen
1.0
D
Vest4
0.75
MutPred
0.76
Gain of MoRF binding (P = 0.2929);
MVP
0.91
MPC
0.56
ClinPred
1.0
D
GERP RS
6.1
Varity_R
0.75
gMVP
0.82
Mutation Taster
=22/78
disease causing

Splicing

Name
Calibrated prediction
Score
Prediction
SpliceAI score (max)
0.21
Details are displayed if max score is > 0.2
DS_AG_spliceai
0.21
Position offset: -12

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

Publications

Other links and lift over

dbSNP: rs202140203; hg19: chr18-21124970; API