What problem does it solve?
Provide fast, programmatic access to KEGG pathway, gene, and compound information so users can identify pathway memberships, retrieve pathway details, and obtain gene lists without manual browsing.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Keyword pathway search: Find pathways matching a term (e.g., apoptosis, glycolysis) and return pathway IDs and names.
- Pathway details and gene lists: Retrieve full pathway records and extract the genes linked to a pathway using KEGG REST API link/get endpoints.
- Gene lookup and ID conversion: Fetch KEGG gene records and convert common gene identifiers for integration with downstream analyses.
- Use Case: Quickly list human pathway genes for a metabolic pathway to perform overlap analysis with an experimental gene set.
Quick Start
Find KEGG pathways related to apoptosis in human and list the top five pathway IDs and names.