# NCBI Gene Summary Lookup via proxy.suverse.io

> NCBI Gene Summary Lookup via proxy.suverse.io is a paid API for AI agents from proxy.suverse.io, paid per call via x402, $0.002/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).

Fetches NCBI Gene summary data by Entrez Gene ID, returning official symbol, description, chromosome, map location, aliases, and genomic coordinates.

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://proxy.suverse.io/v1/data/suverse-bio-ncbi-gene-summary
- Price: $0.002/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/ncbi-gene-summary-lookup-via-proxy-suverse-io-9a156b1c
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_i6FnzeGgFiGiMeYgHY25B

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability ncbi-gene-summary-lookup-via-proxy-suverse-io-9a156b1c -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the NCBI gene summary for Entrez Gene ID 7157 — I need the official symbol, chromosome, map location, and any aliases?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need keyless access to NCBI Gene summary data without managing your own NCBI API credentials. Prefer this over direct NCBI E-utilities calls when operating in an agentic or x402-payment context, or when you need a simple per-call pricing model with no API key management overhead.

## Known failure modes

- Invalid or non-existent Entrez Gene ID returns empty or error response
- NCBI E-utilities rate limiting or downtime causes upstream failure
- Malformed request body missing required fields returns validation error
- Gene ID for a deprecated or merged entry may return unexpected results

## How this service works

Fetch NCBI Gene summary by Entrez Gene ID: official symbol, description, chromosome, map location, aliases, and genomic coordinates. Keyless NCBI E-utilities. For agents resolving gene metadata.

## Output

Returns structured gene metadata from NCBI including: official gene symbol, full gene description, chromosome number, cytogenetic map location, alternate gene aliases, and genomic coordinates (start/stop positions and strand).

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method",
    "bodyType",
    "body"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "body": {
     "properties": {}
    },
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "POST",
      "PUT",
      "PATCH"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "bodyType": {
     "enum": [
      "json",
      "form-data",
      "text"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "type": "object"
    }
   }
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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