Atom Nomenclature for XCY

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 XCY

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
P P
OP3 O3P
OP2 O2P
O5' O5*
N1 N1
C6 C6
C2 C2
O2 O2
N3 N3
C4 C4
N4 N4
C5 C5
NZ NZ
CB CB
CG CG
CD1 CD1
CE1 CE1
CD2 CD2
CE2 CE2
CZ CZ
CH CH
C2' C2*
C5' C5*
C4' C4*
O4' O4*
C1' C1*
C3' C3*
O3' O3*
OP1 O1P
HOP3 3HOP
HOP2 2HOP
H6 H6
HN4 HN4
H5 H5
HNZ1 1HNZ
HNZ2 2HNZ
HB1 1HB
HB2 2HB
HD1 HD1
HE1 HE1
HD2 HD2
HE2 HE2
HH1 1HH
HH2 2HH
H2' 1H2*
H2'' 2H2*
H5' 1H5*
H5'' 2H5*
H4' H4*
H1' H1*
H3' H3*
HO3' H3T