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
198315
198413
198518
198615
198717
198833
198951
199070
199179
199293
1993266
1994540
1995485
1996559
1997807
19981,011
19991,346
20001,473
20011,604
20021,756
20032,377
20043,037
20053,350
20063,801
20074,181
20084,089
20094,237
20104,331
20114,199
20124,417
20134,702
20145,384
20155,086
20165,620
20176,000
20186,122
20196,580
20207,514
20216,936
20228,114
20238,553
20248,499
20253,953