getEntry

Retrieve full metadata for a single InterPro entry or member-database signature by accession: name, type, description, GO terms, integrated/member signatures, hierarchy, literature, cross-references and counters (proteins / structures / taxa).

Arguments

Name

Type

Required

Description

accession

string

yes

Entry accession — an InterPro id (IPRxxxxxx) or a member-DB signature such as Pfam PF00069, PANTHER PTHR11961, CATH-Gene3D G3DSA:1.10.760.10, SMART SM00220, CDD cd00108. The source database is resolved automatically from the accession (prefix, then an EBI Search id lookup that also disambiguates PROSITE patterns vs profiles).

Returns

The InterPro API’s entry JSON, under metadata: accession, name, type, description, go_terms, member_databases / integrated, hierarchy, literature, cross_references and a counters object (proteins, structures, taxa, proteomes, domain_architectures). If the accession can’t be resolved, a short plain-text “not found” message is returned instead.

Examples

  • accession="IPR000001": the Kringle domain (InterPro).

  • accession="PF00069": the Pfam protein-kinase domain (resolves to pfam, integrated into IPR000719).

  • accession="PS50070": resolves to a PROSITE profile.