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
197713
19783
19795
19807
198110
198222
198316
198413
198517
198615
198715
198832
198947
199066
199181
199288
1993273
1994517
1995456
1996548
1997765
1998983
19991,271
20001,403
20011,577
20021,697
20032,286
20042,897
20053,165
20063,567
20073,946
20083,892
20093,974
20104,052
20113,913
20124,192
20134,398
20145,105
20154,746
20165,300
20175,578
20185,752
20196,040
20206,991
20216,399
20227,396
20237,717
20247,881
20258,345