diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa18fddabe950ac96f05f2c36b318bad0206550d..d32f33ebb288e1aba69a53ba96b98eae17448aa7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Note that since we don't clearly distinguish between a public and private interf
   - uses custom mmcif categories `_sb_ncbr_partial_atomic_charges_meta` and `_sb_ncbr_partial_atomic_charges` (more info in [README.md](./src/extensions/sb-ncbr/README.md))
 - Parse HEADER record when reading PDB file
 - Support `ignoreHydrogens` in interactions representation
+- Add hydroxyproline (HYP) commonly present in collagen molecules to the list of amino acids
 
 ## [v3.34.0] - 2023-04-16
 
diff --git a/docs/interesting-pdb-entries.md b/docs/interesting-pdb-entries.md
index 8f405dc689f598ec8150bddb62322d0271d90a79..54d2c21453fa81006ca0ee1856637dacc23713db 100644
--- a/docs/interesting-pdb-entries.md
+++ b/docs/interesting-pdb-entries.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 * Non-standard residues
     * Protein (1BRR, 5Z6Y)
     * DNA (5D3G)
+    * Collagen (6JEC)
 * Multiple models with different sets of ligands or missing ligands (1J6T, 1VRC, 2ICY, 1O2F)
 * Long linear sugar chain (4HG6)
 * Anisotropic B-factors/Ellipsoids (1EJG)
diff --git a/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts b/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts
index 2643c4d8f4b6de985d85d35676daf64ee02fd828..31c1cab3cbbdb0b54b19e358d53fbe531938c793 100644
--- a/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts
+++ b/src/mol-model/structure/model/types.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ export const AminoAcidNamesL = new Set([
     'HIS', 'ARG', 'LYS', 'ILE', 'PHE', 'LEU', 'TRP', 'ALA', 'MET', 'PRO', 'CYS',
     'ASN', 'VAL', 'GLY', 'SER', 'GLN', 'TYR', 'ASP', 'GLU', 'THR', 'SEC', 'PYL',
     'UNK', // unknown amino acid from CCD
-    'MSE', 'SEP', 'TPO', 'PTR', 'PCA', // common from CCD
+    'MSE', 'SEP', 'TPO', 'PTR', 'PCA', 'HYP', // common from CCD
 
     // charmm ff
     'HSD', 'HSE', 'HSP', 'LSN', 'ASPP', 'GLUP',