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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Ribonuclease S

Collagen

Crambin

Hemoglobin

B-DNA

Myohemerythrin

Deoxyhemoglobin

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (512)

Cytochrome c

Carboxypeptidase A

Induced Lac Repressor

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

A-DNA

Hemoglobin (1000)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Lac Repressor

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

DNA

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Z-DNA

Myoglobin

Trypsin

Cytochrome c (unbound)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Myoglobin Fold

Hemoglobin S

Lysozyme (488)

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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Cellulose Synthase

Myelin

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Biosites: Nucleus

Zika Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Influenza Vaccine

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Respiratory Droplet

Biosites: Cytoplasm

HIV Vaccine

HIV in Blood Plasma

Coronavirus

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Chloroplast

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Biosites: Muscle

Mycoplasma mycoides

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Autophagy

Immunological Synapse

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

Insulin Release

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Coronavirus Life Cycle

RecA and DNA

Influenza Virus

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Kinetochore

Measles Virus Proteins

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Ebola Virus

HIV-Infected Cell

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Blood

Abiogenesis

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Insulin Action

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

CytoSkeleton

Poliovirus Neutralization