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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Carboxypeptidase A

DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myoglobin Fold

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Oxyhemoglobin

Lac Repressor

B-DNA

Lysozyme (488)

Lysozyme (512)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myohemerythrin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Crambin

Induced Lac Repressor

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Z-DNA

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Trypsin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Myoglobin

A-DNA

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Hemoglobin (1000)

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

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Cellulose Synthase

Respiratory Droplet

HIV in Blood Plasma

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Poliovirus Neutralization

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Influenza Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Autophagy

Influenza Virus

Chloroplast

CytoSkeleton

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Escherichia coli

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Abiogenesis

Blood

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Coronavirus

Insulin Release

Immunological Synapse

Biosites: Muscle

Kinetochore

Lipid Droplets

Ebola Virus

Biosites: Nucleus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Myelin

Mycoplasma mycoides

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Insulin Action

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

HIV-Infected Cell

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Zika Virus

Biosites: Basement Membrane

HIV Vaccine

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

RecA and DNA

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Coronavirus Life Cycle

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Measles Virus Proteins