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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Trypsin

B-DNA

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

Induced Lac Repressor

Lysozyme (488)

Myoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Myohemerythrin

Carboxypeptidase A

A-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Cytochrome c

Collagen

DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Hemoglobin

Z-DNA

Ribonuclease S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Crambin

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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Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Cellulose Synthase

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Coronavirus

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Measles Virus Proteins

Autophagy

HIV-Infected Cell

Insulin Action

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Blood

Mycoplasma mycoides

Zika Virus

Abiogenesis

Biosites: Muscle

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Escherichia coli

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Myelin

Biosites: Nucleus

Biosites: Basement Membrane

HIV Vaccine

Influenza Virus

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Influenza Vaccine

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

CytoSkeleton

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Last Universal Common Ancestor

RecA and DNA

Ebola Virus

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Insulin Release

Poliovirus Neutralization

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Chloroplast

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Kinetochore

Lipid Droplets

Immunological Synapse

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

HIV in Blood Plasma