PDB Statistics: Growth in Number of Unique Protein Sequences in Released PDB Structures (Cumulative) at Identity 70%

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
19771124
1978327
1979229
1980332
1981739
19821857
1983865
19841176
19851086
1986995
198710105
198822127
198939166
199040206
199146252
199256308
1993184492
1994373865
19953071,172
19963421,514
19974962,010
19986242,634
19997933,427
20009114,338
20019595,297
200210126,309
200314427,751
200419969,747
2005226312,010
2006249914,509
2007275617,265
2008258119,846
2009265522,501
2010265725,158
2011241527,573
2012255930,132
2013274232,874
2014326836,142
2015280038,942
2016305942,001
2017329945,300
2018318148,481
2019351151,992
2020416856,160
2021361459,774
2022444564,219
2023440068,619
2024441473,033
2025242275,455