STRING · Schema

StringIdMapping

A mapping from an input gene/protein identifier to a STRING protein identifier.

BioinformaticsProteinsGenomicsLife SciencesResearchOpen Data

Properties

Name Type Description
queryIndex integer Zero-based index of this identifier in the original query
stringId string STRING protein identifier in taxonId.ENSP format
ncbiTaxonId integer NCBI taxonomy identifier of the matched protein's organism
taxonName string Scientific name of the organism
preferredName string Preferred gene/protein name in STRING
annotation string Short functional annotation for the protein
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

string-id-mapping.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://string-db.org/schema/string-id-mapping.json",
  "title": "StringIdMapping",
  "description": "A mapping from an input gene/protein identifier to a STRING protein identifier.",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "queryIndex": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Zero-based index of this identifier in the original query",
      "minimum": 0,
      "examples": [0]
    },
    "stringId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "STRING protein identifier in taxonId.ENSP format",
      "pattern": "^[0-9]+\\.ENSP[0-9]+$",
      "examples": ["9606.ENSP00000269305"]
    },
    "ncbiTaxonId": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "NCBI taxonomy identifier of the matched protein's organism",
      "examples": [9606]
    },
    "taxonName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Scientific name of the organism",
      "examples": ["Homo sapiens"]
    },
    "preferredName": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Preferred gene/protein name in STRING",
      "examples": ["TP53"]
    },
    "annotation": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Short functional annotation for the protein",
      "examples": ["Cellular tumor antigen p53; Acts as a tumor suppressor..."]
    }
  },
  "required": ["stringId", "ncbiTaxonId", "preferredName"]
}

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