Atom Nomenclature for PMG

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 PMG

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N1 N1
C2 C2
C2A C2A
C3 C3
O3 O3
C4 C4
C4A C4A
C5 C5
C6 C6
C5A C5A
OP4 OP4
P P
OP1 OP1
OP2 OP2
OP3 OP3
N N
CA CA
CB2 CB2
CB1 CB1
CG CG
CD CD
OE1 OE1
OE2 OE2
C C
O O
OXT OXT
H2A1 1H2A
H2A2 2H2A
H2A3 3H2A
HO3 HO3
H4A1 1H4A
H4A2 2H4A
H6 H6
H5A1 1H5A
H5A2 2H5A
HP2 HP2
HP3 HP3
HN HN
HB21 1HB2
HB22 2HB2
HB23 3HB2
HB11 1HB1
HB12 2HB1
HG1 1HG
HG2 2HG
HE1 HE1
HXT HXT