get_referrers
Retrieve referrers that point to a specified Reactome object, including pathways, complexes, and reaction inputs/outputs, via high-value containment relations.
Instructions
Reverse lookup: which objects point AT this one (the inverse navigation REST makes awkward).
Scans a curated set of common containment relations — which pathways contain
this event, which complexes/sets contain this entity, which reactions consume
or produce it. **Best-effort, not exhaustive** (the schema has 132 link
tables; this checks the high-value ones).
Args:
id: A stable id or numeric DB_ID of the object being referred to.
attribute: Optionally restrict to one relationship label
(contained_in_pathway, component_of_complex, member_of_set,
input_to_reaction, output_of_reaction).
limit: Max referrers per relation (1-500, default 50).
Returns:
Dict `{object_DB_ID, referrers: [{relationship, via_table, DB_ID, _class,
_displayName, stable_id}], scanned, note}`.
Input Schema
TableJSON Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | Yes | ||
| attribute | No | ||
| limit | No |