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
1993264
1994513
1995455
1996548
1997764
1998983
19991,268
20001,406
20011,567
20021,700
20032,278
20042,894
20053,164
20063,563
20073,949
20083,901
20093,991
20104,065
20113,916
20124,207
20134,402
20145,126
20154,738
20165,314
20175,601
20185,743
20196,037
20207,004
20216,433
20227,408
20237,750
20247,920
20258,763
20265,271