Atom Nomenclature for OBA

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 OBA

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
C1 C1
C2 C2
C3 C3
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
C10 C10
O11 O11
O12 O12
N13 N13
C14 C14
O15 O15
C16 C16
O17 O17
O18 O18
H1 H1
H2 H2
H5 H5
H6 H6
H12 H12
H13 H13
H18 H18