science.uniprot.search
Search the UniProt protein sequence database for proteins by name, gene, or organism. UniProt is the world's leading repository for protein sequences and functional annotations, covering 250M+ sequences from Swiss-Prot (reviewed) and TrEMBL (unreviewed). Returns accession, protein name, organism,...
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What science.uniprot.search does on Apibase
AI agents call science.uniprot.search to retrieve information from Apibase without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
gene | string | — | Gene name filter (exact or partial). E.g. "TP53", "EGFR", "BRAC1". Combined with query using AND logic |
limit | integer | — | Number of results to return (1–25, default 5) |
query | string | Yes | Protein or gene search term — e.g. "insulin", "hemoglobin", "BRCA1". Supports UniProt query syntax: field:value pairs (e.g. "protein_name:kinase") |
reviewed | boolean | — | If true, restrict to Swiss-Prot (manually reviewed) entries only. Swiss-Prot has higher quality annotations than TrEMBL (unreviewed) |
organism_id | integer | — | NCBI taxonomy ID to filter by organism. Common IDs: 9606 (human), 10090 (mouse), 10116 (rat), 7227 (fruit fly), 6239 (C. elegans), 3702 (A. thaliana) |
Parameters from the server's own tool schema.
Why science.uniprot.search is rated Low
Tool retrieves protein sequence data from a public database without modifying, deleting, or executing code.
From the tool's definition Search the UniProt protein sequence database for proteins by name, gene, or organism.
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The rule that runs science.uniprot.search safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Apibase, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For science.uniprot.search, this is the rule to start with:
science.uniprot.search is read-only, so it stays allowed. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Apibase, apply this rule, and every science.uniprot.search call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about science.uniprot.search
Search the UniProt protein sequence database for proteins by name, gene, or organism. UniProt is the world's leading repository for protein sequences and functional annotations, covering 250M+ sequences from Swiss-Prot (reviewed) and TrEMBL (unreviewed). Returns accession, protein name, organism, gene names, sequence length, review status, and annotation score. Supports field-specific queries (gene:TP53, organism:9606) and free-text search. Use reviewed:true to restrict to Swiss-Prot's manually curated, high-quality entries. CC BY 4.0 — Universal Protein Resource (UniProt Consortium). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Apibase MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
science.uniprot.search accepts 5 parameters: gene, limit, query, reviewed, organism_id. Required: query. The full parameter table on this page comes from the server's own tool schema.
Register the Apibase MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for science.uniprot.search: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Apibase. Nothing to install.
science.uniprot.search is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the science.uniprot.search rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for science.uniprot.search. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
science.uniprot.search is provided by the Apibase MCP server (apibase-mcp-client). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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