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
198223
198316
198414
198517
198615
198715
198831
198946
199067
199179
199290
1993268
1994522
1995454
1996550
1997768
1998983
19991,268
20001,403
20011,577
20021,704
20032,277
20042,894
20053,165
20063,582
20073,948
20083,914
20093,979
20104,068
20113,923
20124,225
20134,413
20145,137
20154,758
20165,347
20175,614
20185,842
20196,083
20207,020
20216,469
20227,418
20237,782
20247,938
20258,786
20264,805