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GBA1 ‘Lysosomal acid glucosylceramidase’ Turtle

Learning outcomes

After having completed this chapter, you will be able to:

  • Get a Turtle file from a UniProt entry
  • Import a Turtle file in GraphDB

Material

The exercises below follow the same structure as the music example, with a focus on the GBA1 gene involved in the Gaucher disease.

Let’s look at the GBA1 entry in UniProt:

GBA1 in UniProt

Some variants of this protein caused the Gaucher disease.

GBA1 Disease & Variants in UniProt

Export a ttl (Turtle) file from UniProt

A Turtle file can be exported directly from a UniProt entry page.

UniProt entry URL

Export in FASTA

FASTA export

Export in Turtle

Import a ttl file in GraphDB

Create a new repository

Go to the GraphDB main screen

GraphDB main screen

Create a new repository to work in

GraphDB repository setup

GraphDB new repository

Choose GraphDB repository

Choose a repository ID

Activate the new repository

New repository activated

New repository running

Import a ttl file

A Turtle file can be easily imported in GraphDB

Want to import data

Select Upload RDF files, and upload your Turtle file(s)

Select RDF to import

Ready to import

Imported successfully

The GraphDB main page shows statistics about the data in your repository

Repository statistics

Next Queries on the GBA1 graph