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UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot P61916: Variant p.Pro120Ser

NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 2
Gene: NPC2
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Variant information Variant position: help 120 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Type of variant: help LP/P [Disclaimer] The variants are classified into three categories: LP/P, LB/B and US.
  • LP/P: likely pathogenic or pathogenic.
  • LB/B: likely benign or benign.
  • US: uncertain significance

Residue change: help From Proline (P) to Serine (S) at position 120 (P120S, p.Pro120Ser). Indicates the amino acid change of the variant. The one-letter and three-letter codes for amino acids used in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot are those adopted by the commission on Biochemical Nomenclature of the IUPAC-IUB.
Physico-chemical properties: help Change from medium size and hydrophobic (P) to small size and polar (S) The physico-chemical property of the reference and variant residues and the change implicated.
BLOSUM score: help -1 The score within a Blosum matrix for the corresponding wild-type to variant amino acid change. The log-odds score measures the logarithm for the ratio of the likelihood of two amino acids appearing by chance. The Blosum62 substitution matrix is used. This substitution matrix contains scores for all possible exchanges of one amino acid with another:
  • Lowest score: -4 (low probability of substitution).
  • Highest score: 11 (high probability of substitution).
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Variant description: help In NPC2; unable to bind cholesterol. Any additional useful information about the variant.
Other resources: help Links to websites of interest for the variant.


Sequence information Variant position: help 120 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: help 151 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence: help PIQKDKTYSYLNKLPVKSEY P SIKLVVEWQLQDDKNQSLFC The residue change on the sequence. Unless the variant is located at the beginning or at the end of the protein sequence, both residues upstream (20) and downstream (20) of the variant will be shown.
Sequence annotation in neighborhood: help The regions or sites of interest surrounding the variant. In general the features listed are posttranslational modifications, binding sites, enzyme active sites, local secondary structure or other characteristics reported in the cited references. The "Sequence annotation in neighborhood" lines have a fixed format:
  • Type: the type of sequence feature.
  • Positions: endpoints of the sequence feature.
  • Description: contains additional information about the feature.
TypePositionsDescription
Chain 20 – 151 NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 2
Modified residue 116 – 116 N6-acetyllysine
Glycosylation 135 – 135 N-linked (GlcNAc...) asparagine
Disulfide bond 27 – 140



Literature citations
NPC2 facilitates bidirectional transfer of cholesterol between NPC1 and lipid bilayers, a step in cholesterol egress from lysosomes.
Infante R.E.; Wang M.L.; Radhakrishnan A.; Kwon H.J.; Brown M.S.; Goldstein J.L.;
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 105:15287-15292(2008)
Cited for: FUNCTION; INTERACTION WITH NPC1; CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANT NPC2 SER-120; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; Niemann-Pick C disease: use of denaturing high performance liquid chromatography for the detection of NPC1 and NPC2 genetic variations and impact on management of patients and families.
Millat G.; Baielo N.; Molinero S.; Rodriguez C.; Chikh K.; Vanier M.T.;
Mol. Genet. Metab. 86:220-232(2005)
Cited for: VARIANT NPC2 SER-120;
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