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
198413
198517
198615
198715
198831
198946
199069
199182
199291
1993270
1994531
1995464
1996551
1997769
1998993
19991,272
20001,406
20011,570
20021,713
20032,292
20042,906
20053,191
20063,598
20073,989
20083,930
20094,008
20104,078
20113,938
20124,239
20134,459
20145,196
20154,810
20165,408
20175,701
20185,930
20196,172
20207,112
20216,586
20227,533
20237,939
20248,165
20258,998
20265,878