UniProt REST API
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The UniProt REST API is a web service that allows programmatic access to UniProt’s protein sequence data and annotations for automated retrieval, analysis, and integration into bioinformatics workflows.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| UniProt REST API canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8482772 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UniProt REST API Context triple: [UniProt protein sequences, accessibleVia, UniProt REST API]
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A.
UniProt Knowledgebase
UniProt Knowledgebase is a comprehensive, curated database that provides detailed information on protein sequences and their functional annotations across numerous species.
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B.
UniProt protein sequences
UniProt protein sequences are a comprehensive, curated collection of protein sequence data that serves as a primary reference resource for protein information in biological and biomedical research.
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C.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot is the manually curated, high-quality section of the UniProt Knowledgebase that provides reviewed protein sequence and functional annotation data.
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D.
Protein database
The Protein database is a curated collection of protein sequences and related functional, structural, and bibliographic information maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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E.
UniProtKB/TrEMBL
UniProtKB/TrEMBL is a computationally annotated section of the UniProt Knowledgebase that contains large-scale, unreviewed protein sequence records awaiting expert curation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: UniProt REST API Target entity description: The UniProt REST API is a web service that allows programmatic access to UniProt’s protein sequence data and annotations for automated retrieval, analysis, and integration into bioinformatics workflows.
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A.
UniProt Knowledgebase
UniProt Knowledgebase is a comprehensive, curated database that provides detailed information on protein sequences and their functional annotations across numerous species.
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B.
UniProt protein sequences
UniProt protein sequences are a comprehensive, curated collection of protein sequence data that serves as a primary reference resource for protein information in biological and biomedical research.
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C.
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot is the manually curated, high-quality section of the UniProt Knowledgebase that provides reviewed protein sequence and functional annotation data.
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D.
Protein database
The Protein database is a curated collection of protein sequences and related functional, structural, and bibliographic information maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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E.
UniProtKB/TrEMBL
UniProtKB/TrEMBL is a computationally annotated section of the UniProt Knowledgebase that contains large-scale, unreviewed protein sequence records awaiting expert curation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
RESTful API
ⓘ
bioinformatics web service ⓘ web service API ⓘ |
| documentedAt |
https://www.uniprot.org/help/api
ⓘ
https://www.uniprot.org/help/api_queries ⓘ |
| hasBaseUrl | https://rest.uniprot.org ⓘ |
| hasEndpoint |
/idmapping/results/{jobId}
ⓘ
/idmapping/run ⓘ /idmapping/status/{jobId} ⓘ /uniparc/search ⓘ /uniprotkb/search ⓘ /uniprotkb/stream ⓘ /uniprotkb/{accession} ⓘ /uniref/search ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
asynchronous jobs
ⓘ
filtering by fields ⓘ pagination ⓘ query language for fielded search ⓘ rate limiting ⓘ sorting ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
UniProt
ⓘ
linked to:
UniProt Knowledgebase
UniProt Consortium ⓘ |
| providesAccessTo |
UniParc
ⓘ
UniProtKB ⓘ
linked to:
UniProt Knowledgebase
UniRef ⓘ protein functional annotations ⓘ protein sequence data ⓘ proteome data ⓘ taxonomy data ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
FASTA
ⓘ
GFF ⓘ JSON ⓘ RDF ⓘ TSV ⓘ XML ⓘ text ⓘ |
| supportsMethod |
GET
ⓘ
POST ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
ID mapping
ⓘ
batch retrieval ⓘ database cross-reference retrieval ⓘ download ⓘ retrieve ⓘ search ⓘ stream ⓘ |
| usedFor |
automated retrieval of protein data
ⓘ
integration into bioinformatics workflows ⓘ large-scale protein annotation analysis ⓘ programmatic access to UniProt data ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | HTTPS ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: UniProt REST API Description of subject: The UniProt REST API is a web service that allows programmatic access to UniProt’s protein sequence data and annotations for automated retrieval, analysis, and integration into bioinformatics workflows.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.