PDB Statistics: Growth in Number of Unique Protein Sequences in Released PDB Structures (Cumulative) at Identity 100%

This chart shows the annual and cumulative numbers of protein sequences in released PDB structures. The chart can be viewed for a few different levels of sequence identity since the beginning of the PDB archive. The cumulative bars represent the growth in unique protein sequences (number of polymeric entities) across history. The yearly bars (dark blue) tell how many new protein sequences were added in a certain year.

Note: The total number of sequence clusters in the statistics table is linked to the sequence cluster group 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.

Chart is currently loading

Sequence cluster level:

YearNumber of New Protein SequencesTotal Number of Protein Sequences
19761313
19771225
1978328
1979634
1980539
19811049
19821968
19831381
19841293
198512105
19869114
198711125
198843168
198944212
199081293
1991105398
199288486
1993361847
19946841,531
19954972,028
19965872,615
19977853,400
199811194,519
199912795,798
200014327,230
200114938,723
2002153910,262
2003215312,415
2004287615,291
2005304518,336
2006351221,848
2007403725,885
2008375629,641
2009383933,480
2010402737,507
2011387541,382
2012416045,542
2013462550,167
2014538255,549
2015462960,178
2016540065,578
2017559271,170
2018545676,626
2019601682,642
2020699489,636
2021662096,256
20227649103,905
20237475111,380
20247777119,157
20258572127,729
20261459129,188