Atom Nomenclature for MLU

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 MLU

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N N
CN CN
CA CA
C C
O O
CB CB
CG CG
CD1 CD1
CD2 CD2
OXT OXT
H H
HCN1 HCN1
HCN2 HCN2
HCN3 HCN3
HA HA
HB2 HB2
HB3 HB3
HXT HXT
HG HG
HD11 HD11
HD12 HD12
HD13 HD13
HD21 HD21
HD22 HD22
HD23 HD23