Retrieve AlphaFold Protein Structure
get_protein_structureRetrieve AlphaFold-predicted protein structures by UniProt accession, including metadata, PDB/mmCIF download URLs, and optional coordinate files.
Instructions
Retrieve a protein's AlphaFold model: metadata, download URLs, optional coordinates.
The single entry point for getting the predicted structure itself. Returns the
AlphaFold DB entry metadata — entry ID, model version and creation date,
organism, gene, UniProt description, the amino-acid sequence and its length, and
the model's mean pLDDT — plus stable download URLs for the PDB and mmCIF
coordinate files, the PAE matrix and image, and the AlphaMissense substitutions
CSV. Set include_coordinates to embed the full PDB coordinate text directly.
Use the sibling structure tools for interpretation rather than retrieval, so
their scopes don't overlap: analyze_structural_confidence for a pLDDT/PAE
confidence read, score_binding_pocket_geometry for pockets,
compute_topology_fingerprint for fold topology, and
detect_intrinsically_disordered for disorder. This tool hands you the
structure and its handles; it does not score or interpret the model.
Returns structure_available: false with an explanatory note when AlphaFold DB
has no model for the accession — an expected coverage gap, not a server fault.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| params | Yes |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
No arguments | |||