PDB Statistics: Growth in Number of Unique Protein Sequences in Released PDB Structures (Cumulative) at Identity 90%

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.

Chart is currently loading

Sequence cluster level:

YearNumber of New Protein SequencesTotal Number of Protein Sequences
19761313
19771225
1978328
1979533
1980336
1981844
19821862
19831072
19841183
19851093
19869102
198710112
198823135
198945180
199044224
199151275
199264339
1993225564
19944461,010
19953461,356
19963911,747
19975512,298
19987383,036
19999163,952
200010254,977
200110606,037
200211187,155
200315978,752
2004219110,943
2005246713,410
2006277416,184
2007314019,324
2008289822,222
2009299325,215
2010302028,235
2011281931,054
2012296934,023
2013325237,275
2014397341,248
2015335044,598
2016378648,384
2017407652,460
2018392656,386
2019441160,797
2020524166,038
2021479170,829
2022568976,518
2023551982,037
2024571987,756
2025413291,888