Molecule of the Month
March 2024

Hyaluronidases

Long carbohydrate chains are used to make our bodies flexible and resilient.

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Deoxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Carboxypeptidase A

Trypsin

Crambin

Lac Repressor

B-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Hemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Myohemerythrin

Ribonuclease S

Z-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Oxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Cytochrome c

Induced Lac Repressor

A-DNA

Lysozyme (512)

Collagen

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Biosites: Cytoplasm

Myelin

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Nucleus

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Influenza Vaccine

RecA and DNA

Insulin Action

HIV-Infected Cell

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Chloroplast

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Respiratory Droplet

Blood

Autophagy

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Insulin Release

Biosites: Muscle

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Immunological Synapse

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Mycoplasma mycoides

Escherichia coli Bacterium

HIV in Blood Plasma

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Measles Virus Proteins

Ebola Virus

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

CytoSkeleton

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Poliovirus Neutralization

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Escherichia coli

Abiogenesis

Lipid Droplets

Coronavirus

Zika Virus