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diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentUtils.java b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentUtils.java
index 8fd961e..2946ba2 100644
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/AlignmentUtils.java
@@ -74,12 +74,15 @@ import java.util.TreeMap;
  */
 public class AlignmentUtils
 {
-
   private static final int CODON_LENGTH = 3;
 
   private static final String SEQUENCE_VARIANT = "sequence_variant:";
 
-  private static final String ID = "ID";
+  /*
+   * the 'id' attribute is provided for variant features fetched from
+   * Ensembl using its REST service with JSON format 
+   */
+  public static final String VARIANT_ID = "id";
 
   /**
    * A data model to hold the 'normal' base value at a position, and an optional
@@ -2583,15 +2586,15 @@ public class AlignmentUtils
             peptidePos, var.getSource());
 
     StringBuilder attributes = new StringBuilder(32);
-    String id = (String) var.variant.getValue(ID);
+    String id = (String) var.variant.getValue(VARIANT_ID);
     if (id != null)
     {
       if (id.startsWith(SEQUENCE_VARIANT))
       {
         id = id.substring(SEQUENCE_VARIANT.length());
       }
-      sf.setValue(ID, id);
-      attributes.append(ID).append("=").append(id);
+      sf.setValue(VARIANT_ID, id);
+      attributes.append(VARIANT_ID).append("=").append(id);
       // TODO handle other species variants JAL-2064
       StringBuilder link = new StringBuilder(32);
       try