Atom Nomenclature for AAP

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 AAP

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
C C
CA CA
O O
N N
C1 C1
C2 C2
C3 C3
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
CL2 CL2
CL6 CL6
N' N'
C1' C1'
C2' C2'
C3' C3'
C4' C4'
C5' C5'
C6' C6'
C' C'
O' O'
CM' CM'
CM5 CM5
HA HA
HN1 1HN
HN2 2HN
H3 H3
H4 H4
H5 H5
HN' HN'
H3' H3'
H4' H4'
H6' H6'
HM'1 1HM'
HM'2 2HM'
HM'3 3HM'
HM51 1HM5
HM52 2HM5
HM53 3HM5