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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Lysozyme (488)

Cytochrome c

B-DNA

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Ribonuclease S

Collagen

A-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Trypsin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Myohemerythrin

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Induced Lac Repressor

Z-DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

DNA

Myoglobin

Lac Repressor

Lysozyme (512)

Myoglobin Fold

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Crambin

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

Lipid Droplets

Kinetochore

Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Blood

Cellulose Synthase

Zika Virus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Insulin Release

Biosites: Nucleus

Insulin Action

Influenza Virus

Coronavirus

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

HIV-Infected Cell

Ebola Virus

Chloroplast

HIV in Blood Plasma

RecA and DNA

Myelin

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Abiogenesis

Immunological Synapse

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Poliovirus Neutralization

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

HIV Vaccine

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Autophagy

Respiratory Droplet

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Biosites: Muscle

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Mycoplasma mycoides

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling