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import requests
import urllib3
urllib3.disable_warnings()
def fetch_uniprot_data(uniprot_id):
= f"https://rest.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/{uniprot_id}.json"
url = requests.get(url, verify=False) # Disable SSL verification
response # Raise an error for bad status codes
response.raise_for_status() return response.json()
def display_uniprot_data(data):
= data.get('primaryAccession', 'N/A')
primary_accession = data.get('proteinDescription', {}).get('recommendedName', {}).get('fullName', {}).get('value', 'N/A')
protein_name = data.get('gene', [{'geneName': {'value': 'N/A'}}])[0]['geneName']['value']
gene_name = data.get('organism', {}).get('scientificName', 'N/A')
organism
= next((comment for comment in data.get('comments', []) if comment['commentType'] == "FUNCTION"), None)
function_comment = function_comment['texts'][0]['value'] if function_comment else 'N/A'
function
# Printing the data
print(f"UniProt ID: {primary_accession}")
print(f"Protein Name: {protein_name}")
print(f"Organism: {organism}")
print(f"Function: {function}")
# Replace this with the UniProt ID you want to fetch
= "P47869"
uniprot_id = fetch_uniprot_data(uniprot_id)
data display_uniprot_data(data)
UniProt ID: P47869
Protein Name: Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor subunit alpha-2
Organism: Homo sapiens
Function: Alpha subunit of the heteropentameric ligand-gated chloride channel gated by gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a major inhibitory neurotransmitter in the brain (PubMed:10449790, PubMed:29961870, PubMed:31032849). GABA-gated chloride channels, also named GABA(A) receptors (GABAAR), consist of five subunits arranged around a central pore and contain GABA active binding site(s) located at the alpha and beta subunit interfaces (By similarity). When activated by GABA, GABAARs selectively allow the flow of chloride anions across the cell membrane down their electrochemical gradient (PubMed:10449790). Chloride influx into the postsynaptic neuron following GABAAR opening decreases the neuron ability to generate a new action potential, thereby reducing nerve transmission (By similarity). The alpha-2 subunit exhibits synaptogenic activity together with beta-2 and very little to no activity together with beta-3, the gamma-2 subunit being necessary but not sufficient to induce rapid synaptic contacts formation (By similarity)