# UK Data: Protein data (UniProt)

> UniProt protein data: find proteins, map genes to proteins, function and disease links

- name: uk.co.reliness/life-sciences
- version: 1.5.0
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 80/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 91/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Flife-sciences
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/uk.co.reliness%2Flife-sciences/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "life-sciences": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/life-sciences",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ${LIFE_SCIENCES_TOKEN}"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Placeholders to fill: `${LIFE_SCIENCES_TOKEN}`.

## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 93
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-83% +updated-7d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 91/100 (strong)

### protocol: 75 (weight 25)

- warn `protocol.modern`: newest supported version is 2025-11-25; 2026-07-28 not supported, older versions are deprecated until 2027-07-28
- n/a `protocol.stateless`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- n/a `protocol.list_ttl`: only applies to 2026-07-28 servers

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 3 of 3 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 666 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 3, about 666 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: 3a4b7d2140dd3f6a787bbed581bbaf7c
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/uk.co.reliness/life-sciences.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/uk.co.reliness/life-sciences)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://ukdata.reliness.co.uk/mcp/life-sciences (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.8333333)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (3)

- `protein_3d_structures`: List the experimentally solved 3D structures (Protein Data Bank entries) for a protein, best resolution first, with method (X-ray, NMR, cryo-EM), resolution in angstroms and chain coverage, plus counts by method. Answers "is there a crystal structure of X" for structural biology and drug-discovery work. Source: UniProtKB cross-references to the PDB, UniProt Consortium. Experimental structures only; AlphaFold predicted models and ligand details are not included. (cost: 1 credit)
- `protein_for_gene`: Map a gene symbol to its expert-reviewed protein in one species: accession, entry name, protein name, synonyms, length and a short curated function summary. The standard gene-to-protein step for bioinformatics pipelines and coursework (e.g. TP53 to P04637, cellular tumour antigen p53). Source: UniProtKB, UniProt Consortium. Returns the top reviewed match only; species default to human, unreviewed (TrEMBL) entries are not considered. (cost: 1 credit)
- `protein_sequence`: Get a protein's amino-acid sequence as plain text and FASTA, ready to paste into BLAST or an alignment tool, with length, organism, gene and evidence level. Give a UniProt accession (P04637) or an isoform (P04637-2). Source: UniProtKB, UniProt Consortium. Returns the canonical sequence UniProt displays; it does not translate DNA, list variants or return gene or mRNA sequences. (cost: 1 credit)