ELM Get Instances

Overview

Get experimentally validated short linear motif (SLiM) instances for a protein from the ELM database. Returns motif positions, types (CLV=cleavage, DEG=degradation/degrons, DOC=docking, LIG=ligand binding, MOD=modification sites, TRG=targeting signals), experimental methods used for validation, PubMed references, and PDB structures where the motif was observed. SLiMs are compact protein interaction interfaces (3-11 residues) that mediate regulatory functions. Use with UniProt accession (e.g., P04637 for TP53).

Status

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

Last probed

1d ago

Last success

1d ago

Last latency

16224ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "motif_type": {
      "description": "Filter by motif functional type. CLV=cleavage sites, DEG=degradation motifs, DOC=docking sites, LIG=ligand binding, MOD=modification sites, TRG=targeting signals. Omit for all types.",
      "enum": [
        "CLV",
        "DEG",
        "DOC",
        "LIG",
        "MOD",
        "TRG",
        null
      ],
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "operation": {
      "description": "Operation type",
      "enum": [
        "get_instances"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    },
    "uniprot_acc": {
      "description": "Alias for uniprot_id. UniProt accession, e.g., P04637 (TP53)",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    },
    "uniprot_id": {
      "description": "UniProt accession, e.g., P04637 (TP53), P00533 (EGFR), P38398 (BRCA1), P42336 (PIK3CA)",
      "type": [
        "string",
        "null"
      ]
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "operation"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

{
  "operation": ""
}

Identifiers

Catalog ID

tu_ELM_get_instances

Tool name

ELM_get_instances

Added

2026-04-30 22:47Z

Tags

tooluniverse, slow