Molecule of the Month
November 2024

Malaria Parasite PTEX

The parasite that causes malaria exports hundreds of proteins to remodel the cells that it infects.

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Lac Repressor

Z-DNA

Lysozyme (488)

Ribonuclease S

B-DNA

Myoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (512)

Hemoglobin

Oxyhemoglobin

Collagen

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Trypsin

Cytochrome c

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Myohemerythrin

Myoglobin Fold

Carboxypeptidase A

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

A-DNA

Induced Lac Repressor

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Crambin

Hemoglobin S

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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Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Nucleus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Autophagy

HIV-Infected Cell

Respiratory Droplet

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Measles Virus Proteins

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Abiogenesis

Insulin Action

Blood

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Last Universal Common Ancestor

CytoSkeleton

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Ebola Virus

Myelin

Chloroplast

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Lipid Droplets

Immunological Synapse

Influenza Vaccine

Poliovirus Neutralization

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Biosites: Basement Membrane

HIV Vaccine

Influenza Virus

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Muscle

Biosites: Cytoplasm

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Coronavirus

Zika Virus

Insulin Release

Cellulose Synthase

Kinetochore

RecA and DNA

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

HIV in Blood Plasma