Atom Nomenclature for BCS

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 BCS

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N N
CA CA
CB CB
SG SG
CD CD
CE CE
CZ1 CZ1
CZ2 CZ2
CT1 CT1
CT2 CT2
CH CH
C C
O O
OXT OXT
H 1HN
H2 2HN
HA HA
HB2 1HB
HB3 2HB
HD2 1HD
HD3 2HD
HZ1 HZ1
HZ2 HZ2
HT1 HT1
HT2 HT2
HH HH
HXT HXT