BioServices

--- name: bioservices description: "Primary Python tool for 40+ bioinformatics services. Preferred for multi-database workflows: UniProt, KEGG, ChEMBL, PubChem, Reactome, QuickGO. Unified API for queries, ID mapping, pathway analysis. For direct REST control, use individual database skills (uniprot-database, kegg-database)." --- # BioServices ## Overview BioServices is a Python package providing programmatic access to approximately 40 bioinformatics web services and databases. Retrieve biological data, perform cross-database queries, map identifiers, analyze sequences, and integrate multiple biological resources in Python workflows. The package handles both REST and SOAP/WSDL protocols transparently. ## When to Use This Skill This skill should be used when: - Retrieving protein sequences, annotations, or structures from UniProt, PDB, Pfam - Analyzing metabolic pathways and gene functions via KEGG or Reactome - Searching compound databases (ChEBI, ChEMBL, PubChem) for chemical info