Cortexa research tool·genomics·bridgedb

BridgeDb Search

Search for biological identifiers by name using BridgeDb. Enter a gene name, metabolite name, or protein name and get matching identifiers from supported databases. Useful for finding database-specific IDs when you only know the common name. Searches across all database sources available for the specified organism. Returns identifier-database pairs. For example, searching 'glucose' returns matches from MetaCyc, KEGG, and other databases.

Livelast probed 2026-05-01 01:00Z· 4637msCortexa

Status

The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 4637ms

Schema

JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.

{
  "properties": {
    "operation": {
      "description": "Operation type (fixed: search)",
      "enum": [
        "search"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "organism": {
      "description": "Organism name (default: Human). Options: Human, Mouse, Rat, Yeast, Worm, Fruit fly, Zebra fish, etc.",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "query": {
      "description": "Name to search for (e.g., 'glucose', 'TP53', 'ATP')",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default BridgeDb Search call

public-safeinput

{
  "query": "BRCA1"
}

Expected response keys: success

Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.

Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_BridgeDb_search
Tool name: BridgeDb_search
Added: 2026-05-01 00:58Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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