Atom Nomenclature for 20C

The atom nomenclature in PDB data files was revised with the release of data in the PDB Format Version 3.0. These changes make the PDB atom names used by PDB compliant with existing IUPAC nomenclature for standard amino acid and nucleotides (Pure & Appl. Chem., 70, 117-142, 1998) with the exception of the well established convention for C-terminal atoms OXT and HXT. A small number of additional changes were introduced in Version 3 to make atom labeling more conventional. The following chemical diagrams and tables provide the correspondences between atom names used in Version 3 and Version 2 PDB formats.

Labeled Chemical Diagrams

Chemical diagram with format V3 atom labels (heavy atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V3 atom labels (all atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V2 atom labels (heavy atoms)
Chemical diagram with format V2 atom labels (all atoms)

Atom Name Correspondences for 20C

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
C1 C1
C2 C2
C3 C3
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
C7 C7
N8 N8
C9 C9
C10 C10
O11 O11
O12 O12
C13 C13
C14 C14
C15 C15
C16 C16
C17 C17
C18 C18
O19 O19
C20 C20
O21 O21
O22 O22
H2 H2
H3 H3
H4 H4
H13 H13
H13A H13A
H13B H13B
H14 H14
H15 H15
H18 H18
HO19 HO19
HO22 HO22