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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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Lysozyme (512)

Induced Lac Repressor

B-DNA

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

A-DNA

Cytochrome c

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

Cytochrome c (unbound)

DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Carboxypeptidase A

Myoglobin

Myohemerythrin

Hemoglobin (1000)

Z-DNA

Myoglobin Fold

Trypsin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Hemoglobin

Collagen

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Lysozyme (488)

Lac Repressor

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.

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

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Nucleus

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Coronavirus

Insulin Release

Immunological Synapse

RecA and DNA

HIV-Infected Cell

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

HIV Vaccine

Lipid Droplets

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Respiratory Droplet

Abiogenesis

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Kinetochore

Mycoplasma mycoides

Influenza Virus

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Autophagy

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Last Universal Common Ancestor

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

CytoSkeleton

Chloroplast

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Biosites: Muscle

Poliovirus Neutralization

Blood

Zika Virus

Measles Virus Proteins

HIV in Blood Plasma

Insulin Action

Myelin

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Escherichia coli

Ebola Virus

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine