Usage instructions



Quick start

Paste in or upload a list of identifiers for HUMAN proteins (e.g UniProt IDs) - gene IDs for protein coding genes will work as well (e.g. ENSEMBL IDs). Hit "Submit query" and wait a few minutes for the server to work it's magic.

The VirtualPulldown server works by searching the InWeb database for proteins that PHYSICAL interacts with the input proteins (hence the "pulldown" metaphor). Proteins fulfilling the quality filtering criteria (by default rather stringent) will be included in the final network. Summary statistics will be shown and network(s) and meta-data will be offered as an easy download for further analysis (e.g. Using Cytoscape)


Detailed instructions

Protein identifiers supported

IMPORTANT: the input list MUST contain only HUMAN proteins

Gene identifiers supported

IMPORTANT: the input list MUST contain only HUMAN genes

Submit query

Click on the "Submit query" button. If the processing of the query takes more than a few seconds you'll will get the option of supplying your email address and be notified when the job is done.


Advanced options

The VirtualPulldown server has support for a number of advanced options. Typically it is not necessary to set these manually and most users can safely skip this section and proceed to submitting the query.

Example data

Sample protein list

Sample list of 20 human protein involved in apoptosis:
XXX_HUMAN
YYY_HUMAN

Sample gene list

Sample list of 25 human genes involve in the G2/M transition in cell division (data from cyclebase.org).
ENSG00000166851
ENSG00000156711
ENSG00000087586
ENSG00000138778
ENSG00000088325
ENSG00000123975
ENSG00000169679
ENSG00000170540
ENSG00000117724
ENSG00000126787
ENSG00000108106
ENSG00000143228
ENSG00000072571
ENSG00000117399
ENSG00000091732
ENSG00000128606
ENSG00000129195
ENSG00000089685
ENSG00000035499
ENSG00000186193
ENSG00000134057
ENSG00000092140
ENSG00000121957
ENSG00000174500
ENSG00000101224