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==Crystal structure of human Niemann-Pick C1 protein==
<StructureSection load='5u73' size='340' side='right'caption='[[5u73]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.35&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[5u73]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_sapiens Homo sapiens]. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entry [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/send-pdb?obs=1&id=5i31 5i31]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=5U73 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=5U73 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.348&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=MAN:ALPHA-D-MANNOSE'>MAN</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=NAG:N-ACETYL-D-GLUCOSAMINE'>NAG</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=5u73 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=5u73 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/5u73 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=5u73 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/5u73 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=5u73 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Disease ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NPC1_HUMAN NPC1_HUMAN] Defects in NPC1 are the cause of Niemann-Pick disease type C1 (NPC1) [MIM:[https://omim.org/entry/257220 257220]. A lysosomal storage disorder that affects the viscera and the central nervous system. It is due to defective intracellular processing and transport of low-density lipoprotein derived cholesterol. It causes accumulation of cholesterol in lysosomes, with delayed induction of cholesterol homeostatic reactions. Niemann-Pick disease type C1 has a highly variable clinical phenotype. Clinical features include variable hepatosplenomegaly and severe progressive neurological dysfunction such as ataxia, dystonia and dementia. The age of onset can vary from infancy to late adulthood. An allelic variant of Niemann-Pick disease type C1 is found in people with Nova Scotia ancestry. Patients with the Nova Scotian clinical variant are less severely affected.<ref>PMID:9211849</ref> <ref>PMID:11754101</ref> <ref>PMID:9634529</ref> <ref>PMID:10521290</ref> <ref>PMID:10521297</ref> <ref>PMID:10480349</ref> <ref>PMID:11182931</ref> <ref>PMID:11349231</ref> <ref>PMID:11333381</ref> <ref>PMID:11545687</ref> <ref>PMID:11479732</ref> <ref>PMID:12408188</ref> <ref>PMID:12401890</ref> <ref>PMID:12554680</ref> <ref>PMID:12955717</ref> <ref>PMID:16098014</ref> <ref>PMID:15774455</ref> <ref>PMID:16126423</ref> <ref>PMID:16802107</ref> 
== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/NPC1_HUMAN NPC1_HUMAN] Intracellular cholesterol transporter which acts in concert with NPC2 and plays an important role in the egress of cholesterol from the endosomal/lysosomal compartment. Both NPC1 and NPC2 function as the cellular 'tag team duo' (TTD) to catalyze the mobilization of cholesterol within the multivesicular environment of the late endosome (LE) to effect egress through the limiting bilayer of the LE. NPC2 binds unesterified cholesterol that has been released from LDLs in the lumen of the late endosomes/lysosomes and transfers it to the cholesterol-binding pocket of the N-terminal domain of NPC1. Cholesterol binds to NPC1 with the hydroxyl group buried in the binding pocket and is exported from the limiting membrane of late endosomes/ lysosomes to the ER and plasma membrane by an unknown mechanism. Binds oxysterol with higher affinity than cholesterol. May play a role in vesicular trafficking in glia, a process that may be crucial for maintaining the structural and functional integrity of nerve terminals.<ref>PMID:18772377</ref> 
== References ==
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[[Category: Homo sapiens]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Blobel G]]
[[Category: Li X]]
[[Category: Wang J]]