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How to translate EC number of enzymes in to corresponding Entrez gene ID?

Dear mate,

I have a question that need your assistance. How to translate EC number of enzymes in to corresponding Entrez gene ID in large scale (I have around 1000 candidates)?

I appreciate any suggestions.

enzyme genetics

1 answer

You can try the mygene.info services.

Start from Gene info annotation service (http://mygene.info/v3/api#MyGene.info-gene-annotation-services ), and restrict fields to ec.

For example the following will get the e.c. of gene 384:

To automatize this for a large number of genes, have a look at the docs and the python APIs: http://docs.mygene.info/en/latest/doc/packages.html

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