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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Induced Lac Repressor

Crambin

Deoxyhemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Lysozyme (512)

DNA

Myoglobin

Collagen

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Hemoglobin S

Z-DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

A-DNA

B-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Trypsin

Lac Repressor

Carboxypeptidase A

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Myohemerythrin

Cytochrome c

Hemoglobin (1000)

Oxyhemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin

Ribonuclease S

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myoglobin Fold

Lysozyme (488)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

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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Insulin Action

Ebola Virus

HIV in Blood Plasma

Escherichia coli

Poliovirus Neutralization

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Measles Virus Proteins

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Mycoplasma mycoides

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

HIV Vaccine

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Coronavirus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Myelin

Immunological Synapse

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Lipid Droplets

Abiogenesis

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Biosites: Blood Plasma

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Zika Virus

Blood

Biosites: Nucleus

Influenza Virus

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Chloroplast

Last Universal Common Ancestor

CytoSkeleton

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Influenza Vaccine

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Escherichia coli Bacterium

HIV-Infected Cell

Insulin Release

Cellulose Synthase

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Muscle

Autophagy

Kinetochore

RecA and DNA

Respiratory Droplet