What databases are supported by BioServices?

It supports over 40 services, including UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL, PubChem, Reactome, QuickGO, and NCBI BLAST.

Does this skill support sequence alignment?

Yes, it includes programmatic access to NCBI BLAST and other alignment tools like MUSCLE through the BioServices API.

How does BioServices handle different API protocols?

It transparently manages both REST and SOAP/WSDL protocols, providing a clean Pythonic interface for all supported services.

Can I use this to convert between different biological IDs?

Yes, it provides powerful mapping tools to convert identifiers between databases like UniProtKB, KEGG, Ensembl, and RefSeq.

BioServices Bioinformatics Toolkit

Name: BioServices Bioinformatics Toolkit
Author: Activer007

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数据科学与机器学习

Provides programmatic access to over 40 bioinformatics web services and databases for integrated biological data analysis and workflow automation.

关于

BioServices is a comprehensive Python wrapper that simplifies access to nearly 40 major bioinformatics resources, including UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL, and NCBI. It offers a unified API for tasks ranging from protein sequence retrieval and metabolic pathway analysis to chemical compound searches and identifier mapping across disparate biological databases. By abstracting the complexities of REST and SOAP/WSDL protocols, it enables researchers and developers to build robust, multi-service biological data pipelines and cross-reference information seamlessly within a single Python environment.

主要功能

Metabolic pathway discovery and protein-protein interaction analysis
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Unified access to 40+ biological databases (UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL, etc.)
Integrated sequence similarity searching with NCBI BLAST
Simplified identifier mapping between major bioinformatics resources
Automated protein sequence retrieval and functional annotation

使用场景

Building automated pipelines for drug-target interaction and compound property searches
Cross-referencing gene and protein IDs between KEGG and UniProt databases
Analyzing metabolic pathways to extract protein interaction networks for specific organisms

关于

主要功能

Metabolic pathway discovery and protein-protein interaction analysis
0 GitHub stars
Unified access to 40+ biological databases (UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL, etc.)
Integrated sequence similarity searching with NCBI BLAST
Simplified identifier mapping between major bioinformatics resources
Automated protein sequence retrieval and functional annotation

使用场景

Building automated pipelines for drug-target interaction and compound property searches
Cross-referencing gene and protein IDs between KEGG and UniProt databases
Analyzing metabolic pathways to extract protein interaction networks for specific organisms