UniProtTaxonomy Get Taxon
Get detailed taxonomy information for a species by NCBI taxonomy ID from UniProt. Returns scientific name, common name, taxonomic rank, mnemonic code, full lineage (up to 30 levels), and protein statistics (reviewed/unreviewed counts). Essential for cross-referencing species in protein databases and understanding taxonomic relationships. Example: taxon 9606 returns Homo sapiens (Human), rank=species, mnemonic=HUMAN, 20,432 reviewed proteins (Swiss-Prot), 184,812 unreviewed (TrEMBL), with lineag…
Overview
Get detailed taxonomy information for a species by NCBI taxonomy ID from UniProt. Returns scientific name, common name, taxonomic rank, mnemonic code, full lineage (up to 30 levels), and protein statistics (reviewed/unreviewed counts). Essential for cross-referencing species in protein databases and understanding taxonomic relationships. Example: taxon 9606 returns Homo sapiens (Human), rank=species, mnemonic=HUMAN, 20,432 reviewed proteins (Swiss-Prot), 184,812 unreviewed (TrEMBL), with lineage from cellular organisms through Eumetazoa to Primates.
Schema
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Examples (1)
Default UniProtTaxonomy Get Taxon call
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Identifiers
- Catalog ID
- tu_UniProtTaxonomy_get_taxon
- Tool name
- UniProtTaxonomy_get_taxon
- Added
- 2026-05-01 00:58Z
- Tags
- tooluniverse