KEGG Get Brite Hierarchy

Overview

Get the full hierarchical classification tree for a specific KEGG BRITE hierarchy in JSON format. Returns a nested tree structure where each node has a 'name' field and optionally a 'children' array of sub-nodes. This is extremely useful for functional classification of genes, proteins, enzymes, transporters, receptors, etc. Common hierarchies: 'ko01000' (Enzymes by EC number), 'ko01001' (Protein kinases), 'ko01002' (Peptidases and inhibitors), 'ko02000' (Transporters), 'ko03000' (Transcription factors), 'ko04030' (GPCRs), 'ko04040' (Ion channels), 'ko04050' (Cytokine receptors), 'ko04090' (CD molecules), 'ko01504' (Antimicrobial resistance genes), 'ko03200' (Viral proteins). The tree can be very large (e.g., ko00001 has thousands of entries).

Status

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

Last probed

1d ago

Last success

1d ago

Last latency

112ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "hierarchy_id": {
      "description": "KEGG BRITE hierarchy ID. Examples: 'ko01000' (Enzymes), 'ko01001' (Protein kinases), 'ko02000' (Transporters), 'ko03000' (Transcription factors), 'ko04030' (GPCRs), 'ko04040' (Ion channels). Use KEGG_list_brite_hierarchies to see all available IDs.",
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "hierarchy_id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

{
  "hierarchy_id": ""
}

Identifiers

Catalog ID

tu_KEGG_get_brite_hierarchy

Tool name

KEGG_get_brite_hierarchy

Added

2026-04-30 22:47Z

Tags

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