ensembl-sequence-retrieval
Retrieve genomic sequences from Ensembl database using transcript or gene IDs to obtain nucleotide and protein sequences.
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Ensembl Sequence Retrieval
Usage
1. MCP Server Definition
import asyncio
import json
from mcp.client.streamable_http import streamablehttp_client
from mcp import ClientSession
class OrigeneClient:
"""Origene-Ensembl MCP Client"""
def __init__(self, server_url: str, api_key: str):
self.server_url = server_url
self.api_key = api_key
self.session = None
async def connect(self):
try:
self.transport = streamablehttp_client(
url=self.server_url,
headers={"SCP-HUB-API-KEY": self.api_key}
)
self.read, self.write, self.get_session_id = await self.transport.__aenter__()
self.session_ctx = ClientSession(self.read, self.write)
self.session = await self.session_ctx.__aenter__()
await self.session.initialize()
return True
except Exception as e:
print(f"✗ connect failure: {e}")
return False
async def disconnect(self):
try:
if self.session:
await self.session_ctx.__aexit__(None, None, None)
if hasattr(self, 'transport'):
await self.transport.__aexit__(None, None, None)
except Exception as e:
print(f"✗ disconnect error: {e}")
def parse_result(self, result):
if isinstance(result, dict):
content_list = result.get("content") or []
else:
content_list = getattr(result, "content", []) or []
texts = []
for item in content_list:
if isinstance(item, dict):
if item.get("type") == "text":
texts.append(item.get("text") or "")
else:
if getattr(item, "type", None) == "text":
texts.append(getattr(item, "text", "") or "")
return "".join(texts)
2. Sequence Retrieval Workflow
Implementation:
## Initialize client
client = OrigeneClient(
"https://scp.intern-ai.org.cn/api/v1/mcp/12/Origene-Ensembl",
"<your-api-key>"
)
if not await client.connect():
print("connection failed")
exit()
## Retrieve sequence by Ensembl ID
result = await client.session.call_tool(
"get_sequence_id",
arguments={
"id": "ENST00000380152"
}
)
result_data = client.parse_result(result)
print(result_data)
await client.disconnect()
Tool Descriptions
Origene-Ensembl Server:
get_sequence_id: Retrieve sequence by Ensembl ID- Args:
id(str): Ensembl transcript or gene ID
- Returns: Genomic or protein sequence
- Args:
Use Cases
- Genome annotation
- Comparative genomics
- Transcript analysis
- Protein sequence retrieval
