Atom Nomenclature for XXZ

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 XXZ

Atom Name (V3) Atom Name (V2)
F1 F1
C2 C2
C3 C3
C4 C4
C1 C1
C6 C6
C7 C7
CG CG
N20 N20
N21 N21
N1 N1
C5 C5
C10 C10
C11 C11
N12 N12
C13 C13
C14 C14
C15 C15
O16 O16
C18 C18
NH NH
CB CB
C8 C8
CD1 CD1
CE1 CE1
CD2 CD2
CZ CZ
H3 H3
H4 H4
H1 H1
H211 1H21
H212 2H21
HN1 HN1
H101 1H10
H102 2H10
H111 1H11
H112 2H11
H131 1H13
H132 2H13
H141 1H14
H142 2H14
H18 H18
HNH1 1HNH
HNH2 2HNH
HB1 1HB
HB2 2HB
HD1 HD1
HE1 HE1
HD2 HD2