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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Data Science & ML

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

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.

Key Features

01Metabolic pathway discovery and protein-protein interaction analysis

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03Unified access to 40+ biological databases (UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL, etc.)

04Integrated sequence similarity searching with NCBI BLAST

05Simplified identifier mapping between major bioinformatics resources

06Automated protein sequence retrieval and functional annotation

Use Cases

01Building automated pipelines for drug-target interaction and compound property searches

02Cross-referencing gene and protein IDs between KEGG and UniProt databases

03Analyzing metabolic pathways to extract protein interaction networks for specific organisms

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add activer007/ordinary-claude-skills bioservices

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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