Atom Nomenclature for OMY

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 OMY

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N N
CA CA
OCZ OCZ
CE2 CE2
CE1 CE1
CZ CZ
CG CG
CD2 CD2
CD1 CD1
CB CB
CL CL
O O
C C
ODE ODE
OXT OXT
H HN1
H2 HN2
HA HA
HCZ HCZ
HE2 HE2
HD2 HD2
HD1 HD1
HB HB
HXT HXT
HDE HDE