Atom Nomenclature for AF2

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 AF2

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
F F
P P
N1 N1
C2 C2
N3 N3
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
N6 N6
N7 N7
C8 C8
N9 N9
C1' C1'
OP2 OP2
C2' C2'
OP1 OP1
C3' C3'
O3' O3'
C4' C4'
O4' O4'
C5' C5'
O5' O5'
H2 H2
H8 H8
H5' H5'
H5'A H5'A
H1' H1'
H2' H2'
H3' H3'
H4' H4'
HN6 HN6
HN6A HN6A
HOP2 HOP2
HO3' HO3'
OP3 OP3
HOP3 HOP3