foldseek-structural-search

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Find protein 3D structural homologs fast

Authorgoogle-deepmind
Version1.0.0
Installs0

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What problem does it solve?

It helps users identify structurally similar proteins by searching a provided 3D protein coordinate file against Foldseek databases, avoiding unreliable or impossible sequence-only searches.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • 3D-only structural homology search: Accepts only physical structure files with .cif, .mmcif, or .pdb extensions and halts if the input is sequence or ID-based.
  • Validated database querying: Searches only an allowlisted set of Foldseek databases (e.g., afdb50, pdb100, cath50) and stops for unsupported database requests.
  • Actionable results for interpretation: Produces a human-readable Markdown table for quick review plus a full JSON output for deeper follow-up analysis.

Quick Start

Use the foldseek-structural-search skill to submit your .pdb/.cif/.mmcif structure file and return the top structural matches with key alignment metrics in a Markdown results file.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

science-skillscommonuv

Components

scripts

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