Atom Nomenclature for SSA

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 SSA

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
N10 N10
CA CA
CB CB
OG OG
C9 C9
O9 O9
N8 N8
S1 S1
O1S O1S
O2S O2S
O5' O5*
C5' C5*
C4' C4*
O4' O4*
C3' C3*
O3' O3*
C2' C2*
O2' O2*
C1' C1*
N9 N9
C8 C8
N7 N7
C5 C5
C6 C6
N6 N6
N1 N1
C2 C2
N3 N3
C4 C4
HN11 1HN1
HN12 2HN1
HA HA
HB1 1HB
HB2 2HB
HOG HOG
HN8 HN8
H5'1 1H5*
H5'2 2H5*
H4' H4*
H3' H3*
HO3' *HO3
H2' H2*
HO2' *HO2
H1' H1*
H8 H8
HN61 1HN6
HN62 2HN6
H2 H2