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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lac Repressor

Myoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Trypsin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Crambin

B-DNA

Z-DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

A-DNA

Lysozyme (488)

Induced Lac Repressor

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myohemerythrin

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Cytochrome c

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

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Abiogenesis

HIV-Infected Cell

Chloroplast

Influenza Virus

Coronavirus

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Mycoplasma mycoides

Cellulose Synthase

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Coronavirus Life Cycle

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Myelin

Measles Virus Proteins

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

HIV in Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

RecA and DNA

Autophagy

Respiratory Droplet

Ebola Virus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Nucleus

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Zika Virus

Immunological Synapse

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Blood

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Poliovirus Neutralization

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Kinetochore

Insulin Release

Escherichia coli

Lipid Droplets

Insulin Action

Biosites: Muscle

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses