On 10:25 Wed 03 Jun     , Dirk Kostrewa wrote:
> we want to deposit some structures containing amino acids and nucleic  
> acids, but apparently the nomenclature for nucleic acids has changed. In 
> former times (PDB version 2.x), there was a complete description for the 
> PDB nomenclature, but I can't find it anymore for the current PDB version 
> 3.2 (http://www.wwpdb.org/docs.html)! When I browse through slightly 
> older description, there is only a hint that the IUPAC nomenclature was 
> adapted, with a broken link. Is there still an official PDB nomenclature 
> that I can use to get our structures PDB-conform? I find it strange, that 
> there seems to be no easily accessible PDB nomenclature description 
> anymore ...

You might try the Richardson's tool Remediator: 
<http://kinemage.biochem.duke.edu/software/remediator.php>. It says 
"Atom records of type ATOM, HETATM, TER, ANISOU, SIGATM, SIGUIJ, and 
LINK are converted, as are DNA residue names (e.g., A, C, T, G of v2.3 
cf. DA, DC, DT, DG of v3.2)."

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
P. Andrew Karplus lab
Oregon State University

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