Atom Nomenclature for XMP

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 XMP

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
P P
O1P O1P
O2P O2P
O5' O5'
O3P O3P
C5' C5'
C4' C4'
O4' O4'
C1' C1'
N9 N9
C4 C4
N3 N3
N1 N1
C2 C2
O2 O2
C6 C6
O6 O6
C5 C5
N7 N7
C8 C8
C2' C2'
O2' O2'
C3' C3'
O3' O3'
HOP1 HOP1
HOP2 HOP2
H5'2 H5'2
H5'1 H5'1
H4' H4'
H1' H1'
H3 H3
H1 H1
H7 H7
H8 H8
H2' H2'
H2O1 H2O1
H3' H3'
H3O1 H3O1