Atom Nomenclature for HET

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 HET

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N9A N9A
C8A C8A
N7A N7A
C5A C5A
C6A C6A
N6A N6A
N1A N1A
C2A C2A
N3A N3A
C4A C4A
C1A C1A
CT0 CT0
CT1 CT1
CT2 CT2
CT3 CT3
CT4 CT4
CT5 CT5
CT6 CT6
OH OH
CR1 CR1
CR2 CR2
CR3 CR3
CR4 CR4
CR5 CR5
CR6 CR6
PA PA
OA1 OA1
CA2 CA2
CA3 CA3
CS1 CS1
CS2 CS2
CS3 CS3
CS4 CS4
CS5 CS5
H8A H8A
H6A H6A
H1A1 1H1A
H1A2 2H1A
HT01 1HT0
HT02 2HT0
HT2 HT2
HT3 HT3
HT4 HT4
HT6 HT6
HOH HOH
HR2 HR2
HR3 HR3
HR5 HR5
HR6 HR6
HA21 1HA2
HA22 2HA2
HA23 3HA2
HA31 1HA3
HA32 2HA3
HA33 3HA3
HS1 HS1
HS21 1HS2
HS22 2HS2
HS31 1HS3
HS32 2HS3
HS41 1HS4
HS42 2HS4
HS51 1HS5
HS52 2HS5