Molecule of the Month
December 2023

Vitamins

Vitamins are essential molecular tools that are obtained through a healthy diet.

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Health Focus: Cancer Biology and Therapeutics

Cells in our bodies are carefully regulated so that they divide, grow, and die according to the best plan for keeping us alive. When they lose these controls, they can grow into deadly cancers. Atomic structures have revealed how cell growth is normally controlled, and how cancer cells circumvent these essential controls. Explore PDB-101 Resources to learn about proteins related to cancer biology and therapeutics.


2023 Video Challenge for High School Students

Molecular Mechanisms of Targeted Cancer Therapies

Thanks to all challenge participants, expert judges, teachers, parents, and voters who made this competition happen.

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Induced Lac Repressor

B-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin

A-DNA

Lac Repressor

Myoglobin Fold

Z-DNA

Trypsin

Hemoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Crambin

Collagen

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Carboxypeptidase A

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Ribonuclease S

Lysozyme (488)

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (512)

DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myohemerythrin

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

Ebola Virus

Escherichia coli

Measles Virus Proteins

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Insulin Action

Influenza Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Muscle

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Myelin

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Lipid Droplets

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Immunological Synapse

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

RecA and DNA

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Chloroplast

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Coronavirus

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV-Infected Cell

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

HIV in Blood Plasma

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Insulin Release

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Zika Virus

CytoSkeleton

Autophagy

Abiogenesis

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Mycoplasma mycoides

Poliovirus Neutralization

Biosites: Nucleus

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Cellulose Synthase

HIV Vaccine

Blood

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine