PDB Statistics: Growth in Number of Unique Protein Sequences in Released PDB Structures (Cumulative) at Identity 30%

This chart shows the annual and cumulative numbers of protein sequences in released PDB structures. The chart can be viewed for a few different levels of sequence identity since the beginning of the PDB archive. The cumulative bars represent the growth in unique protein sequences (number of polymeric entities) across history. The yearly bars (dark blue) tell how many new protein sequences were added in a certain year.

Note: The total number of sequence clusters in the statistics table is linked to the sequence cluster group 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 New Protein SequencesTotal Number of Protein Sequences
19761111
1977920
1978323
1979225
1980429
1981736
19821450
1983757
19841168
19851179
1986887
1987895
198820115
198927142
199033175
199141216
199252268
1993145413
1994296709
1995225934
19962641,198
19973831,581
19984612,042
19995582,600
20006323,232
20016803,912
20026964,608
20039675,575
200413856,960
200514558,415
2006159510,010
2007169511,705
2008155813,263
2009148014,743
2010142216,165
2011125017,415
2012136018,775
2013143520,210
2014167621,886
2015138923,275
2016160024,875
2017164226,517
2018164228,159
2019166029,819
2020206731,886
2021163833,524
2022203935,563
2023199137,554
2024201839,572
2025170041,272