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.

Chart is currently loading

Sequence cluster level:

YearNumber of New Protein SequencesTotal Number of Protein Sequences
19761111
1977920
1978323
1979225
1980328
1981735
19821449
1983756
19841167
19851077
1986885
1987893
198818111
198928139
199033172
199142214
199252266
1993142408
1994296704
1995222926
19962651,191
19973801,571
19984622,033
19995602,593
20006363,229
20016793,908
20026914,599
20039705,569
200413786,947
200514598,406
200615939,999
2007169211,691
2008155713,248
2009148214,730
2010142016,150
2011125017,400
2012135218,752
2013144420,196
2014167421,870
2015139023,260
2016159324,853
2017163726,490
2018162728,117
2019166529,782
2020206331,845
2021163433,479
2022204735,526
2023200237,528
2024202339,551
2025224041,791
202637942,170