PDB Statistics: Number of Unique Protein Sequences within Released PDB Structures (Annual) at Identity 90%

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
19797
19807
198110
198223
198319
198414
198518
198615
198715
198835
198954
199078
199187
199297
1993321
1994635
1995531
1996628
1997890
19981,166
19991,468
20001,599
20011,766
20021,917
20032,542
20043,233
20053,547
20063,963
20074,473
20084,404
20094,530
20104,640
20114,476
20124,887
20135,243
20146,344
20155,905
20166,548
20177,133
20187,183
20197,708
20209,024
20218,605
202210,082
202310,638
202411,036
20259,984