Atom Nomenclature for V26

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 V26

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
O16 O1
S14 S1
O15 O2
C8 C1
C7 C2
F12 F1
C6 C3
F11 F2
C9 C4
N25 N1
C26 C5
C10 C6
F13 F3
C5 C7
S1 S2
O3 O3
N4 N2
O2 O4
C17 C8
C18 C9
C19 C10
C24 C11
C23 C12
C22 C13
C21 C14
C20 C15
H1 H1
H2 H2
H3 H3
H4 H4
H5 H5
H6 H6
H7 H7
H8 H8
H9 H9
H10 H10
H11 H11
H12 H12
H13 H13
H14 H14
H15 H15