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Ensembl Get Sequence

Get DNA or protein sequence for a gene, transcript, or genomic region. Returns sequence in JSON format with metadata. Supports multiple sequence types: genomic, CDS, cDNA, and peptide sequences.

Livelast probed 2026-04-30 23:07Z· 110msCortexa

Status

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

Last probed: 1d ago
Last success: 1d ago
Last latency: 110ms

Schema

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

{
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "description": "Ensembl gene/transcript ID (e.g., 'ENSG00000139618' or 'ENST00000380152')",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "multiple_sequences": {
      "default": true,
      "description": "Return multiple sequences if available (e.g., all transcripts)",
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "species": {
      "description": "Species name (optional, defaults to human)",
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type": {
      "default": "genomic",
      "description": "Sequence type: 'genomic' (genomic DNA), 'cds' (coding sequence), 'cdna' (cDNA), 'peptide' (protein sequence)",
      "enum": [
        "genomic",
        "cds",
        "cdna",
        "peptide"
      ],
      "type": "string"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Examples (1)

Default Ensembl Get Sequence call

public-safeinput

{
  "id": "",
  "multiple_sequences": false
}

Expected response keys: success

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Identifiers

Catalog ID: tu_ensembl_get_sequence
Tool name: ensembl_get_sequence
Added: 2026-04-30 22:47Z
Tags: tooluniverse

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