Atom Nomenclature for CDW

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 CDW

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
P P
OP1 OP1
OP2 OP2
O5' O5'
C5' C5'
C4' C4'
O4' O4'
C3' C3'
O3' O3'
C2' C2'
C1' C1'
N1 N1
C2 C2
O2 O2
N3 N3
C4 C4
C6 C6
C5 C5
OP3 OP3
HP2 HP2
HP3 HP3
H51 H51
H52 H52
H4' H4'
H3' H3'
H1' H1'
HA HA
H21 H21
H22 H22
H6 H6
H41C H41C
H51C H51C