Pfam Search Families
Search for Pfam protein family entries by keyword using the InterPro API. Pfam is the authoritative database of protein families, domains, and functional sites. Returns matching Pfam family accessions, names, types (domain, family, repeat, etc.), and integrated InterPro entries. There are over 20,000 Pfam families covering protein domains like kinases (PF00069), zinc fingers (PF00096), immunoglobulin (PF07654), and many more. Use this to find Pfam families related to a biological function or st…
Overview
Search for Pfam protein family entries by keyword using the InterPro API. Pfam is the authoritative database of protein families, domains, and functional sites. Returns matching Pfam family accessions, names, types (domain, family, repeat, etc.), and integrated InterPro entries. There are over 20,000 Pfam families covering protein domains like kinases (PF00069), zinc fingers (PF00096), immunoglobulin (PF07654), and many more. Use this to find Pfam families related to a biological function or structural motif.
Status
The most recent probe succeeded. Safe to call from the agent today.
- Last probed
- 1d ago
- Last success
- 1d ago
- Last latency
- 102ms
Schema
JSON Schema the agent (or your API call) must match.
{
"properties": {
"max_results": {
"default": 20,
"description": "Maximum number of results to return (default 20, max 100).",
"type": "integer"
},
"query": {
"description": "Search keyword. Examples: 'kinase', 'zinc finger', 'helicase', 'immunoglobulin', 'rhodopsin', 'RNA binding'.",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
],
"type": "object"
}Examples (1)
Default Pfam Search Families call
{
"max_results": 1,
"query": "BRCA1"
}Anonymous-safe example. Rate-limited; no sign-in required.
Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_Pfam_search_families
- Tool name
- Pfam_search_families
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse