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
1994634
1995532
1996628
1997890
19981,165
19991,468
20001,600
20011,767
20021,919
20032,541
20043,234
20053,547
20063,963
20074,473
20084,407
20094,537
20104,644
20114,482
20124,891
20135,247
20146,346
20155,901
20166,552
20177,126
20187,179
20197,708
20209,018
20218,608
202210,086
202310,649
202411,038
202512,068
20261,969