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
1993267
1994511
1995454
1996547
1997758
1998977
19991,260
20001,403
20011,565
20021,696
20032,276
20042,895
20053,161
20063,563
20073,947
20083,894
20093,975
20104,051
20113,912
20124,196
20134,397
20145,106
20154,745
20165,305
20175,580
20185,743
20196,033
20207,003
20216,411
20227,398
20237,729
20247,898
20258,743
20262,617