Atom Nomenclature for IFC

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 IFC

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
C1A C1A
C1Y C1Y
C1Q C1Q
N1S N1S
C1L C1L
N2G N2G
C2C C2C
C1M C1M
C1P C1P
C2D C2D
C2H C2H
F1F F1F
F1G F1G
F1E F1E
C1O C1O
C2B C2B
C1W C1W
O1C O1C
N1T N1T
C2A C2A
C1N C1N
C1K C1K
C1J C1J
C1Z C1Z
C1B C1B
C2E C2E
N1U N1U
C1X C1X
O1D O1D
C2F C2F
C1I C1I
C1H C1H
N1R N1R
O1V O1V
H1A H1A
H1AA H1AA
H1AB H1AB
H1Q H1Q
H1L H1L
H1M H1M
H1P H1P
H1O H1O
HN1T HN1T
H1N H1N
H1K H1K
H1J H1J
H1B H1B
H1BA H1BA
H1BB H1BB
HN1U HN1U
H1I H1I
H1H H1H