loadIdMapping {bioassayR} | R Documentation

## Load a target identifier mapping into a bioassayR database

### Description

Loads an identifier mapping for a bioassay target (stored in the database as an NCBI GI number) to another protein target naming system. Common uses include UniProt identifiers, similarity clusters, and common names.

### Usage

    loadIdMapping(database, target, category, identifier)

### Arguments

`database` | A writable `BioassayDB` database to insert data into.
`target` | A single protein target NCBI GI number.
`category` | The specified identifier type of the data being loaded, such as 'UniProt'.
`identifier` | A `character` object with the new identifier. This should be length one, and the function should be re-ran to add multiple identifiers.

### Author(s)

Tyler Backman

### References

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein NCBI Protein Database http://www.uniprot.org UniProt Protein Database

### See Also

`translateTargetId`

### Examples

    ## create sample database
    myDatabaseFilename <- tempfile()
    mydb <- newBioassayDB(myDatabaseFilename, indexed=FALSE)

    ## load a sample translation from GI 6686268 to UniProt P11712
    loadIdMapping(mydb, "6686268", "UniProt", "P11712")

    ## get UniProt identifier(s) for GI Number 6686268
    UniProtIds <- translateTargetId(mydb, "6686268", "UniProt")
    UniProtIds

    ## disconnect from and delete sample database
    disconnectBioassayDB(mydb)
    unlink(myDatabaseFilename)

[Package bioassayR version 1.30.0 Index]