string_all_interaction_partners
STRING: Get all interaction partners for proteins
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Retrieves all interaction partners for one or more proteins from STRING.
This tool returns all known interactions between your query protein(s) and **any other proteins in the STRING database**.
- Use this when asking **“What does TP53 interact with?”**
- It differs from the
networktool, which only shows interactions **within the input set** or a limited extension of it. - If the user refers to "physical interactions", "complexes", or "binding", set the network type to "physical".
You can filter for strong interactions using required_score.
- Evidence scores:
nscore (neighborhood), fscore (fusion), pscore (phylogenetic profile),
ascore (coexpression), escore (experimental), dscore (database), tscore (text mining)
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| identifiers | string | yes | Required. One or more protein identifiers, separated by carriage return (%0d). Example: TP53%0dSMO |
| species | any | no | |
| required_score | any | no | |
| network_type | any | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"properties": {
"identifiers": {
"description": "Required. One or more protein identifiers, separated by carriage return (%0d). Example: TP53%0dSMO",
"type": "string"
},
"species": {
"anyOf": [
{
"description": "Optional. NCBI taxonomy ID (e.g. 9606 for human) or STRING genome ID (e.g. STRG0AXXXXX for uploaded genomes). Only set when required.",
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"required_score": {
"anyOf": [
{
"anyOf": [
{
"maximum": 1000,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Optional. Minimum interaction score to include. Omit unless a confidence threshold is requested or a broader/narrower threshold is needed."
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
},
"network_type": {
"anyOf": [
{
"anyOf": [
{
"enum": [
"functional",
"physical"
],
"type": "string"
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"description": "Optional. Omit for STRING default functional associations. Set physical only for binding, complex, or co-complex questions."
},
{
"type": "null"
}
],
"default": null
}
},
"required": [
"identifiers"
],
"type": "object"
}