Atom Nomenclature for PIC

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 PIC

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
C1 C1
C2 C2
C3 C3
C7 C7
C8 C8
C9 C9
C10 C10
C11 C11
C12 C12
C4 C4
C5 C5
C6 C6
O1 O1
O2 O2
F1 F1
F2 F2
P P
OP1 OP1
OP2 OP2
OP3 OP3
HC3 HC3
HC8 HC8
HC9 HC9
HC11 HC11
HC4 HC4
HC6 HC6
HO1 HO1
HOP1 HOP1
HOP2 HOP2