<p>UniProt also provides a BLAST service (<a href="https://www.uniprot.org/blast" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.uniprot.org/blast</a>), or you could use the Expasy BLAST too, at <a href="https://web.expasy.org/blast" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://web.expasy.org/blast</a>.</p>
<p>If you have performed your similarity search at NCBI or elsewhere, you can map the identifiers from that result to UniProt by using the UniProt IDmapping service at <a href="https://www.uniprot.org/uploadlists" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.uniprot.org/uploadlists</a>. This can also be used programmatically, cf <a href="https://www.uniprot.org/help/api_idmapping" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.uniprot.org/help/api_idmapping</a></p>

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2021-07-20T18:22:31.060Z
This is all very useful information... just want to add that [NCBI Protein BLAST](https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=blastp&PAGE_TYPE=BlastSearch&LINK_LOC=blasthome) also has "UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot" as a Database option.
vkkodali
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2020-10-23T15:50:18.447Z
2020-10-23T15:50:18.447Z
Elisabeth.Gasteiger
<p>I have made a search in p-blast.
I would like to search for the protein results in uniprot. how can I do it directly?
I can go to GENBANK but i would like to go to UNIPROT.
Thank you!!!</p>

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2020-04-26T22:40:25.193Z
Ah ... yes thats tricky. The only thing I can suggest is using Biopython for Genbank and Uniprot because Biopython facilitates both.
M__
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2020-04-27T08:08:26.540Z
thank you a lot for your answer!!
marilu
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how could i find uniprot ac in blast?
# how could i find uniprot ac in blast?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-04-26)

I have made a search in p-blast.
I would like to search for the protein results in uniprot. how can I do it directly?
I can go to GENBANK but i would like to go to UNIPROT.
Thank you!!!

**Tags:** blast, uniprot
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Ah ... yes thats tricky. The only thing I can suggest is using Biopython for Genbank and Uniprot because Biopython facilitates both.  
> **username_0**: thank you a lot for your answer!!  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2020-10-23. Score: 1

UniProt also provides a BLAST service (<https://www.uniprot.org/blast>), or you could use the Expasy BLAST too, at <https://web.expasy.org/blast>.

If you have performed your similarity search at NCBI or elsewhere, you can map the identifiers from that result to UniProt by using the UniProt IDmapping service at <https://www.uniprot.org/uploadlists>. This can also be used programmatically, cf <https://www.uniprot.org/help/api_idmapping>

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: This is all very useful information... just want to add that [NCBI Protein BLAST](https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi?PROGRAM=blastp&PAGE_TYPE=BlastSearch&LINK_LOC=blasthome) also has "UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot" as a Database option.  

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