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Tbio
NPC2
NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 2

Protein Summary
Description
Intracellular cholesterol transporter which acts in concert with NPC1 and plays an important role in the egress of cholesterol from the lysosomal compartment (PubMed:17018531, PubMed:11125141, PubMed:18772377, PubMed:29580834, PubMed:15937921). Unesterified cholesterol that has been released from LDLs in the lumen of the late endosomes/lysosomes is transferred by NPC2 to the cholesterol-binding pocket in the N-terminal domain of NPC1 (PubMed:17018531, PubMed:18772377, PubMed:27238017). May bind and mobilize cholesterol that is associated with membranes (PubMed:18823126). NPC2 binds cholesterol with a 1:1 stoichiometry (PubMed:17018531). Can bind a variety of sterols, including lathosterol, desmosterol and the plant sterols stigmasterol and beta-sitosterol (PubMed:17018531). The secreted form of NCP2 regulates biliary cholesterol secretion via stimulation of ABCG5/ABCG8-mediated cholesterol transport (By similarity). This gene encodes a protein containing a lipid recognition domain. The ...more
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000541064
  • ENSP00000442488
  • ENSG00000119655
  • ENST00000555619
  • ENSP00000451112

Symbol
  • HE1
  • HE1
  • EDDM1
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
disease perturbation
1
kinase perturbation
0.95
transcription factor perturbation
0.94
virus perturbation
0.92
histone modification site profile
0.8


Protein Classes
No PANTHER Classes or DTO Classes found
IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 333.97   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 69   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 238   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 333.97   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 69   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 238   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 15
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligand: 0
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0