Map arbitrary sequence to uniprotId via UniProt checksum API

[cmdcolin]

I found that there is a UniProt BLAST endpoint, but if you paste in a sequence, it also can give you exact matches

Example request

https://rest.uniprot.org/uniparc/search?fields=accession&query=%28checksum%3AF6916C76DD8BC97E8B7E846A37DECA0E%29&size=1

This checksum is md5, and returns a list of uniprot ID that exactly match the sequence in question. Additional follow up queries could be used to get more info about the uniprot IDs in question e.g. the species of origin

[cmdcolin]

for example the PTEN protein sequence

MTAIIKEIVSRNKRRYQEDGFDLDLTYIYPNIIAMGFPAERLEGVYRNNIDDVVRFLDSKHKNHYKIYNLCAERHYDTAKFNCRVAQYPFEDHNPPQLELIKPFCEDLDQWLSEDDNHVAAIHCKAGKGRTGVMICAYLLHRGKFLKAQEALDFYGEVRTRDKKGVTIPSQRRYVYYYSYLLKNHLDYRPVALLFHKMMFETIPMFSGGTCNPQFVVCQLKVKIYSSNSGPTRREDKFMYFEFPQPLPVCGDIKVEFFHKQNKMLKKDKMFHFWVNTFFIPGPEETSEKVENGSLCDQEIDSICSIERADNDKEYLVLTLTKNDLDKANKDKANRYFSPNFKVKLYFTKTVEEPSNPEASSSTSVTPDVSDNEPDHYRYSDTTDSDPENEPFDEDQHTQITKV

maps to

f6916c76dd8bc97e8b7e846a37deca0e

which is the checksum in the url