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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Hemoglobin

Z-DNA

Ribonuclease S

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Cytochrome c

Induced Lac Repressor

B-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Myohemerythrin

Myoglobin Fold

Trypsin

DNA

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (488)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myoglobin

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Collagen

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Carboxypeptidase A

A-DNA

Lysozyme (512)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Crambin

Oxyhemoglobin

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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Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV in Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Influenza Virus

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Lipid Droplets

RecA and DNA

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Immunological Synapse

Autophagy

Respiratory Droplet

Mycoplasma mycoides

Insulin Release

Blood

Biosites: Muscle

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Biosites: Nucleus

Kinetochore

Ebola Virus

HIV-Infected Cell

Zika Virus

Cellulose Synthase

Measles Virus Proteins

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

CytoSkeleton

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Escherichia coli

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Coronavirus

Myelin

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Insulin Action

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Poliovirus Neutralization

Chloroplast

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk