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GET /v1/search

Search macromolecular complexes

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/complexes-api/v1/search" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/complexes-api/v1/search", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/complexes-api/v1/search");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/complexes-api/v1/search",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "count": 20,
        "query": "ribosome",
        "total": 231,
        "species": null,
        "complexes": [
            {
                "id": "CPX-6036",
                "name": "Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 complex",
                "organism": "Homo sapiens; 9606",
                "predicted": false,
                "description": "Required for several steps in the initiation of protein synthesis. It associates with the 40S ribosome and facilitates the recruitment of eIF subunits to form the 43S pre-initiation complex (43S PIC). It is also required for disassembly and recycling",
                "participant_count": [
                    {
                        "ac": "EBI-347740",
                        "name": "EIF3E",
                        "xrefs": [
                            {
                                "database": "panther",
                                "qualifier": "orthology-group",
                                "identifier": "PTHR10317",
                                "identifierLink": null
                            }
                        ],
                        "identifier": "P60228",
                        "description": "Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit E",
                        "organismName": "Homo sapiens; 9606",
                        "stochiometry": "minValue: 1, maxValue: 1",
                        "identifierLink": "https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P60228/entry",
                        "interactorType": "protein"
                    },
                    {
                        "ac": "EBI-353741",
                        "name": "EIF3C",
                        "xrefs": [
                            {
                                "database": "panther",
                                "qualifier": "orthology-group",
                                "identifier": "PTHR13937",
                                "identifierLink": null
                            }
                        ],
                        "identifier": "Q99613",
                        "description": "Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 3 subunit C",
                        "organismName": "Homo sapiens; 9606",
                        "stochiometry": "minValue: 1, maxValue: 1",
                        "identifierLink": "https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/Q99613/entry",
                        "interactorType": "protein"
                    },
                    {
                        "ac": "EBI-353818",
                        "name": "EIF3D",
                        "xrefs": [
                            {
                                "database": "panther",
                                "qualifier": "orthology-group",
                                "identifier": "PTHR12399",
                                "identifierLink": null
                            }
                        ],
                        "identifier": "O15371",
              
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