keyword

Pack: uniprot · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uniprot/mcp

“UniProt keyword KW-N info” / “what does keyword [X] mean” — fetch a UniProt controlled-vocabulary keyword by ID. Use to look up annotation tags like “Kinase” / “Membrane” / “Disease-associated”.

Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
keyword_idstringyes

Example call

Arguments

{
  "keyword_id": "KW-0002"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uniprot/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"keyword","arguments":{"keyword_id":"KW-0002"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('keyword', {
  "keyword_id": "KW-0002"
});

Response shape

FieldTypeDescription
idstringKeyword ID (e.g. KW-0007)
categorystringKeyword category
namestringKeyword name
definitionstringKeyword definition
synonymsarrayAlternative keyword names
Full JSON Schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "description": "UniProt keyword information",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Keyword ID (e.g. KW-0007)"
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Keyword category"
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Keyword name"
    },
    "definition": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Keyword definition"
    },
    "synonyms": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Alternative keyword names",
      "items": {
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  }
}

Connect

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "uniprot": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/uniprot/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

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