Is NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T) pathogenic?

NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T) is classified Uncertain significance in NPC1 (ClinVar, Single submitter, 1 submitter; last evaluated 2022-05-09). AlphaMissense: likely benign (0.1453); Very rare (popmax 0.00137%, afr); Associated with Niemann-Pick disease, type C1.

What condition is associated with NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T)?

NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T) is associated with Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 (ClinVar).

How common is NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T) in the general population?

NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T) is very rare (popmax 0.00137%, afr) (gnomAD).

How is Niemann-Pick disease type C inherited?

Typically Autosomal recessive (Orphanet). A genetic counselor can assess individual risk for a family.

What do computational predictors say about NPC1 p.Ala3Val (c.8C>T)?

AlphaMissense predicts likely benign (score 0.1453) — an in-silico prediction, not a clinical call.

NPC1 p.Ala3Val

c.8C>T · rs1321449179 · VCV2133549

Uncertain significance Single submitter

Classification

Uncertain significance

ClinVar

Review

Single submitter ★☆☆☆

ClinVar · 1 submitter

AlphaMissense

likely benign

0.1453 · ACMG-weighted

gnomAD v4.1

Rare

very rare (popmax 0.00137%, afr)

Missense predictors

0/2 damaging

AlphaMissense, SaProt · REVEL no call

Conditions

Niemann-Pick disease, type C1

Computational evidence

Protein change
AlphaMissense	0.1453	likely benign
REVEL	0.351	indeterminate
SaProt	LLR -6.58	tolerated
⇒ AlphaMissense and SaProt both call this tolerated; REVEL makes no call.
Splicing
SpliceAI	—	not assessed · no allele here is in the release
Constraint at this position
Conservation	phyloP 1.4	GERP -0.74, phastCons 0.002
Regional constraint	o/e 0.93	unconstrained · MANE · 54 kb · p 0.0029 · regional, not allelic
Overall
CADD	15.77	PHRED · no single calibrated threshold — expert panels disagree

ClinVar classifies this uncertain; the computational predictors unanimously lean tolerated — a triage signal, not a reclassification

AlphaMissense carries the ACMG weight for missense; REVEL and SaProt are independent agreement signals.

Population frequency

gnomAD v4.1 · exomes + genomes

Grpmax group 0.00137% African / African-American · 1/73,010 alleles

Overall 6.52e-05% 1/1,533,992 alleles · very rare exomes 1/1,381,632 · genomes 0/152,360 · joint denominator

Rarity supports pathogenicity (ACMG PM2); frequency above a disease-specific BA1/BS1 threshold argues against it. A variant frequent in one ancestry group can be near-absent in others, so a single global figure can mislead.

Variant & gene context

Gene: NPC1
Protein: p.Ala3Val
Coding: c.8C>T
MANE Select: NM_000271
dbSNP: rs1321449179
Type: single nucleotide variant
Location: chr18:23586336 (GRCh38)
Gene constraint: LOEUF 0.676 · pLI <0.01 (gnomAD)
Structure: AlphaFold pLDDT 85.35 · 20 PDB

Full NPC1 gene report on Sugi Atlas → Gene function, pathways, protein structure, interactions & more

Disease context

Niemann-Pick disease, type C1 — disease report on Sugi Atlas → Associated genes, phenotypes, clinical trials & treatments

For Niemann-Pick disease type C (Orphanet):

Inheritance: Autosomal recessive
Onset: All ages
Prevalence: 1-9 / 100 000 (Europe)

Similar variants

NPC1 p.Ala3Thr Uncertain significance ★★ ⚠ same residue
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NPC1 c.1554-1009G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
NPC1 c.1757+1G>A Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
NPC1 c.1947+5G>C Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
NPC1 c.2130+1G>A Pathogenic ★★ same condition
NPC1 c.2245+1G>A Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition
NPC1 c.2246-2A>G Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic ★★ same condition

Built on 18 open, versioned datasets — ClinVar, gnomAD, AlphaMissense, REVEL, ClinGen & more — plus Sugi Variant's own cross-source analysis. Source data 2026-01–2026-10, ClinVar 2026-10. Full sources & versions →

Cite Sugi Variant

Gür T. Sugi Variant: A Deterministic Per-Variant Germline Reference from a Knowledge Graph for Humans and AI Agents. 2026. doi:10.5281/zenodo.21509445. This variant: https://sugi.bio/variant/npc1-p-ala3val (accessed [today's date]).

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