PDB Statistics: Number of Unique Protein Sequences within Released PDB Structures (Annual) at Identity 50%

This chart shows the total number of unique protein sequence clusters in PDB structures released within each year. Unique sequence clusters are defined using the sequence identity (SI). A value of 95% SI is used by default, since for practical purposes this identifies proteins with few differences, and thus can be considered to be the same sequence. The chart can also be redrawn with a more stringent 100% SI criterion, or with lower SI values that identify unique protein families (70% SI) or unique protein folds (30% SI).
The annual numbers of protein sequences may be displayed by specific levels of SI, either separately in different charts or simultaneously in the same chart.

Note: The number of unique sequences in the statistics table is linked to the sequence cluster search result page. There is a default precision threshold in calculating the numbers for performance balance. So the statistics count may have a slight discrepancy compared to the actual non-redundant group search result when the result count approaches or goes above 10,000. The group search result page provides an accurate count. The statistics page provides the trend.

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Sequence cluster level:

YearNumber of Unique Protein Sequences
197613
197714
19783
19795
19807
198110
198222
198316
198413
198517
198615
198715
198831
198947
199067
199179
199289
1993267
1994512
1995454
1996546
1997758
1998976
19991,260
20001,403
20011,568
20021,697
20032,276
20042,894
20053,165
20063,560
20073,947
20083,894
20093,975
20104,056
20113,913
20124,199
20134,400
20145,107
20154,743
20165,307
20175,586
20185,742
20196,035
20207,004
20216,410
20227,397
20237,731
20247,901
20258,740
20263,641