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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Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Carboxypeptidase A

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Collagen

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Induced Lac Repressor

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myoglobin

Deoxyhemoglobin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Lysozyme (488)

A-DNA

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Myohemerythrin

Trypsin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Crambin

Hemoglobin S

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Cytochrome c

Ribonuclease S

B-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Lac Repressor

DNA

Hemoglobin

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.

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Influenza Vaccine

HIV-Infected Cell

Biosites: Nucleus

Autophagy

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

HIV Vaccine

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Coronavirus

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Cellulose Synthase

Poliovirus Neutralization

Biosites: Muscle

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Blood

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV in Blood Plasma

CytoSkeleton

Chloroplast

Ebola Virus

Immunological Synapse

Insulin Action

Kinetochore

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Influenza Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Lipid Droplets

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Respiratory Droplet

RecA and DNA

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Zika Virus

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Escherichia coli

Abiogenesis

Myelin

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Insulin Release

Biosites: Basement Membrane

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk