Molecule of the Month
November 2024

Malaria Parasite PTEX

The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects.

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A-DNA

Crambin

Carboxypeptidase A

B-DNA

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Myohemerythrin

Hemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin Fold

Z-DNA

Lysozyme (512)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Trypsin

Cytochrome c

Ribonuclease S

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Lac Repressor

Induced Lac Repressor

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Collagen

Myoglobin

The Molecular Landscapes by David S. Goodsell integrate information from structural biology, microscopy and biophysics to simulate detailed views of the molecular structure of living cells.

Illustrations are free for use under a CC-BY-4.0 license

Insulin Action

Biosites: Nucleus

Influenza Vaccine

Immunological Synapse

CytoSkeleton

HIV Vaccine

Escherichia coli Bacterium

HIV-Infected Cell

Cellulose Synthase

RecA and DNA

Lipid Droplets

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Coronavirus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Poliovirus Neutralization

Escherichia coli

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

HIV in Blood Plasma

Zika Virus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Chloroplast

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Biosites: Muscle

Kinetochore

Myelin

Respiratory Droplet

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Abiogenesis

Blood

Autophagy

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Ebola Virus

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Insulin Release

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Influenza Virus