Molecule of the Month
December 2024

Flagellar Motor

Bidirectional motors power the swimming of many bacterial cells.

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Induced Lac Repressor

Ribonuclease S

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Carboxypeptidase A

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Lac Repressor

A-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (512)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Oxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin

Cytochrome c

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Myohemerythrin

Z-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Myoglobin Fold

Lysozyme (488)

Collagen

Myoglobin

DNA

Crambin

Trypsin

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

B-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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Zika Virus

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Insulin Release

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Biosites: Muscle

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Measles Virus Proteins

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Abiogenesis

Immunological Synapse

Blood

Biosites: Blood Plasma

CytoSkeleton

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Chloroplast

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Nucleus

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

Myelin

Coronavirus

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Kinetochore

Mycoplasma mycoides

Influenza Virus

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Poliovirus Neutralization

HIV in Blood Plasma

HIV Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Insulin Action

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Respiratory Droplet

Influenza Vaccine

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Ebola Virus

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Autophagy

Cellulose Synthase

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine