Do I still need to use the Sequence Retrieval System (SRS)?
Last modified September 21, 2011
The UniProt search tool allows users to perform Google and SRS-like queries, on UniProtKB, UniRef and UniParc*. Note that it is also possible to upload a list of accession numbers and then perform a search in that subset. SRS (e.g. SRS@EBI) is still recommended for users wishing to access other databases
Example: Search for Saccharomyces cerevisiae membrane glycoproteins in UniProtKB
Google-like queries
- Click the Search tab of the toolbar
- Select Search in:
Protein Knowledgebase (UniProtKB) - Type
Saccharomyces cerevisiae membrane glycoproteinin the Query box - Click Search
- Follow the suggestions proposed by the search tool:
- Quote terms
"saccharomyces cerevisiae" - Restrict term
"saccharomyces cerevisiae"toorganism - Restrict term
"membrane"tokeyword - Restrict term
"glycoprotein"tokeyword - Results
- Click Customize to choose the columns to show in the results table
- This URL can be bookmarked.
SRS-like queries
- Click the Search tab of the toolbar
- Select Search in:
Protein Knowledgebase (UniProtKB) - Click Advanced Search » to open the query builder
- Select Field:
Organism [OS] - Type
saccharomyces cerevisiae(use autocompletion) - Click Add & Search
- Click Advanced Search » to open the query builder
- Select Field:
Keyword [KW] - Type
Membrane(use autocompletion) - Click Add & Search
- Click Advanced Search » to open the query builder
- Field:
Keyword - Type
Glycoprotein(use autocompletion) - Click Add & Search
- Results
- Click Customize to choose the columns to show in the results table
- This URL can be bookmarked.
Queries on your personal UniProt dataset
- Click the Retrieve tab of the toolbar
- Copy/paste your list of accession numbers (i.e. P38903 P47096 P40433 P31787 P28240 P32465 P28319)
- Click Retrieve
- Click the
UniProtKBlink - Click Advanced Search » to open the query builder
You can now add search criteria to get a specific subset of entries (i.e. Glycoprotein, Membrane, 3D-structure...).
- Click Customize to choose the columns to show in the results table
* Note that UniParc can be searched only with database names, taxonomy, checksum (CRC64) and accession numbers (ACs) or UniProtKB, UniRef and UniParc IDs.
Examples:
