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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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B-DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Lysozyme (512)

Myohemerythrin

Myoglobin Fold

Carboxypeptidase A

Hemoglobin

Ribonuclease S

A-DNA

Deoxyhemoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Collagen

DNA

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Z-DNA

Cytochrome c (unbound)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Hemoglobin (1000)

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myoglobin

Lac Repressor

Cytochrome c

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Lysozyme (488)

Oxyhemoglobin

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Hemoglobin S

Induced Lac Repressor

Crambin

Trypsin

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.

Illustrations are free for use under a CC-BY-4.0 license

Immunological Synapse

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Influenza Vaccine

Influenza Virus

RecA and DNA

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Mycoplasma mycoides

CytoSkeleton

Chloroplast

HIV-Infected Cell

Abiogenesis

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Myelin

HIV in Blood Plasma

Kinetochore

Insulin Release

Respiratory Droplet

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Coronavirus

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Blood

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Autophagy

Insulin Action

Cellulose Synthase

HIV Vaccine

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Biosites: Blood Plasma

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Poliovirus Neutralization

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Escherichia coli

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Lipid Droplets

Ebola Virus

Biosites: Nucleus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Measles Virus Proteins

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Biosites: Muscle

Zika Virus