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Depending on which 'D' exactly must be replaced:
$_ =<<SQ; ATOM 3316 N TYR D 24 97.479 18.805 2.990 1.00 36.32 + D N ATOM 3322 CD1 TYR D 24 96.225 15.974 2.812 1.00 17.96 + D C SQ s/(.+ CD1 .+) | (\b D \b)/$1 or X/gex; __END__ STDOUT: ATOM 3316 N TYR X 24 97.479 18.805 2.990 1.00 36.32 + X N ATOM 3322 CD1 TYR D 24 96.225 15.974 2.812 1.00 17.96 + D C


Or in the other case:
$_ =<<SQ; ATOM 3316 N TYR D 24 97.479 18.805 2.990 1.00 36.32 + D N ATOM 3322 CD1 TYR D 24 96.225 15.974 2.812 1.00 17.96 + D C SQ s/(?<!CD1 \s TYR \s)(\b D \b)/X/gx; __END__ STDOUT: ATOM 3316 N TYR X 24 97.479 18.805 2.990 1.00 36.32 + X N ATOM 3322 CD1 TYR D 24 96.225 15.974 2.812 1.00 17.96 + X C