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Facts about NPC1-like intracellular cholesterol transporter 1.
Is the direct molecular target of ezetimibe, a drug that inhibits cholesterol absorption. Lack of activity leads to multiple lipid transport defects.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | NPC1L1 |
Uniprot: | Q9UHC9 |
Entrez: | 29881 |
Belongs to: |
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patched family |
Niemann-Pick C1-like protein 1; NPC1 (Niemann-Pick disease, type C1, gene)-like 1; NPC11L1
Mass (kDA):
148.728 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 7p13 |
Sequence: | 7; NC_000007.14 (44512440..44541651, complement) |
Widely expressed. Expressed in liver. Also expressed in small intestine, pancreas, kidney, lung, pancreas, spleen, heart, gall bladder, brain, testis, stomach and muscle.
Apical cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cell membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Cytoplasmic vesicle membrane; Multi-pass membrane protein. Subfractionation of brush border membranes from proximal enterocytes suggests considerable association with the apical membrane fraction. Exists as a predominantly cell surface membrane expressed protein (By similarity). According to PubMed:15671032, localizes in a subcellular vesicular compartment rich in RAB5.
PMID: 10783261 by Davies J.P., et al. Evidence for a Niemann-Pick C (NPC) gene family: identification and characterization of NPC1L1.
PMID: 14976318 by Altmann S.W., et al. Niemann-Pick C1 like 1 protein is critical for intestinal cholesterol absorption.