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
197612
197714
19783
19794
19808
198110
198222
198314
198413
198516
198615
198717
198832
198948
199067
199178
199290
1993255
1994525
1995470
1996542
1997781
1998988
19991,301
20001,443
20011,582
20021,730
20032,333
20042,978
20053,290
20063,744
20074,097
20084,028
20094,153
20104,270
20114,155
20124,344
20134,598
20145,309
20154,978
20165,516
20175,874
20185,990
20196,445
20207,335
20216,758
20227,804
20232,352