Molecule of the Month
March 2024

Hyaluronidases

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

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Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Induced Lac Repressor

Myohemerythrin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Oxyhemoglobin

DNA

Hemoglobin S

Myoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Lysozyme (488)

Myoglobin Fold

B-DNA

Crambin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Collagen

Trypsin

A-DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Hemoglobin (1000)

Ribonuclease S

Lac Repressor

Carboxypeptidase A

Cytochrome c

Z-DNA

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

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

HIV in Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

Measles Virus Proteins

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Zika Virus

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Escherichia coli

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

RecA and DNA

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Respiratory Droplet

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Muscle

Insulin Release

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Autophagy

Immunological Synapse

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Blood

Chloroplast

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Insulin Action

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Coronavirus

Lipid Droplets

Biosites: Nucleus

Ebola Virus

Poliovirus Neutralization

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Cellulose Synthase

Abiogenesis

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

CytoSkeleton

Myelin