Molecule of the Month
October 2024

Angiotensin and Blood Pressure

Many medications for controlling high blood pressure inhibit the action of the peptide hormone angiotensin.

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Cytochrome c

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin Fold

Lac Repressor

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Induced Lac Repressor

DNA

Hemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Myoglobin

Collagen

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Hemoglobin S

Trypsin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Crambin

Carboxypeptidase A

Myohemerythrin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Z-DNA

B-DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Deoxyhemoglobin

A-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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Biosites: Cytoplasm

HIV Vaccine

HIV-Infected Cell

Biosites: Muscle

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Lipid Droplets

HIV in Blood Plasma

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Influenza Virus

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

RecA and DNA

Kinetochore

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Coronavirus

Respiratory Droplet

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Nucleus

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Escherichia coli

Insulin Release

CytoSkeleton

Ebola Virus

Cellulose Synthase

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Immunological Synapse

Autophagy

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Influenza Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Measles Virus Proteins

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Poliovirus Neutralization

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Chloroplast

Myelin

Blood

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Mycoplasma mycoides

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Zika Virus

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Insulin Action