Unknown amino acids "UNK". May 2024, RCSB has 1,638 hits for UNK: 1,109 Protein only 0 Nucleic only 420 Protein/NA 105 Protein/Oligosacc ------ 1,634 √ Above results are consistent with UNK being protein only, unknown nucleotides being N. See examples in Notes under Counting Amino Acids.