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
199290
1993264
1994514
1995455
1996548
1997763
1998983
19991,267
20001,407
20011,564
20021,700
20032,278
20042,893
20053,163
20063,561
20073,949
20083,902
20093,993
20104,064
20113,916
20124,208
20134,397
20145,124
20154,736
20165,311
20175,597
20185,744
20196,036
20207,004
20216,433
20227,415
20237,751
20247,922
20258,760
20264,347