Answers.Body: <p>I don't think there is a human_nr or human_nt database for NCBI.</p>
  <p>An equivalent database is accessible via the standard <code>nr/nt</code> database and simply restrict the organism parameter to <code>human</code> or to taxa id <code>9606 </code>. This essentially will do the same thing.</p>
  <p>Or maybe this sort of thing?,</p>
  <pre><code>blastdbcmd -db nr -entry all -outfmt &quot;%g %T&quot; | awk ' { if (<span class="math-container">$2 == 9606) { print $</span>1 } } ' &gt; human_flat-list.db
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>I'm working with a system that does local BLAST searches using some preconfigured BLAST databases.  From what I see, these were updated within the last year, but I cannot find any current databases available that have those same names.  One specific set is a non-redundant set of human protein or nucleotide sequences.  The databases are named human_nr and human_nt (with various extensions as per the BLAST db format).  There are others names up_sp_human (Uniprot-Swissprot human?) and up_tbl_human (Uniprot-Tremble human?), but a cannot find any similar databases on the NCBI site or other sites.</p>
  <p>Where else should I look for such preconfigured databases?</p>
  
Tags: <phylogenetics><phylogeny><blast><public-databases><ncbi>
Title: NCBI Blast databases - cannot find some databases
ThreadText: # NCBI Blast databases - cannot find some databases
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-05-11)
  
  I'm working with a system that does local BLAST searches using some preconfigured BLAST databases. From what I see, these were updated within the last year, but I cannot find any current databases available that have those same names. One specific set is a non-redundant set of human protein or nucleotide sequences. The databases are named human\_nr and human\_nt (with various extensions as per the BLAST db format). There are others names up\_sp\_human (Uniprot-Swissprot human?) and up\_tbl\_human (Uniprot-Tremble human?), but a cannot find any similar databases on the NCBI site or other sites.
  
  Where else should I look for such preconfigured databases?
  
  **Tags:** phylogenetics, phylogeny, blast, public-databases, ncbi
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2023-05-12. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  I don't think there is a human\_nr or human\_nt database for NCBI.
  
  An equivalent database is accessible via the standard `nr/nt` database and simply restrict the organism parameter to `human` or to taxa id `9606` . This essentially will do the same thing.
  
  Or maybe this sort of thing?,
  
  ```
  blastdbcmd -db nr -entry all -outfmt "%g %T" | awk ' { if ($2 == 9606) { print $1 } } ' > human_flat-list.db
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: This is super helpful!  I'm guessing these were custom prepared similar to what you describe.  Thank you!  
  > **username_1**: Thanks for your feedback @username_0  
  
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