search_complexes

Pack: complex-portal · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/complex-portal/mcp

Search the EBI Complex Portal — a manually curated database of stable macromolecular protein complexes — by protein/complex name, gene, GO term, or biological process (e.g. “apoptosis”, “SCF”, “ribosome”). Returns matching complexes with their accession (e.g. CPX-7762), name, description, and organism. Keyless. Complements UniProt/IntAct/STRING.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
querystringyesProtein/complex name, gene, or GO term, e.g. “apoptosis”, “SCF”, “ribosome”.
limitnumbernoMax results to return (default 15, max 100).

Example call

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/complex-portal/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_complexes","arguments":{}}}'

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "complex-portal": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/complex-portal/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

Regenerated from source · build June 9, 2026