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November 2026

Artificial Metalloenzymes

Engineering enzymes to catalyze reactions never seen in nature

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TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Hemoglobin S

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

Collagen

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Induced Lac Repressor

Myohemerythrin

Oxyhemoglobin

DNA

Crambin

Ribonuclease S

Hemoglobin (1000)

Lysozyme (512)

Cytochrome c

Carboxypeptidase A

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Deoxyhemoglobin

Hemoglobin

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Lac Repressor

Cytochrome c (unbound)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

B-DNA

Trypsin

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myoglobin

A-DNA

Z-DNA

Lysozyme (488)

Myoglobin Fold

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

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Coronavirus

Immunological Synapse

Insulin Release

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Biosites: Nucleus

Mycoplasma mycoides

Blood

Lipid Droplets

Measles Virus Proteins

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Influenza Vaccine

Biosites: Basement Membrane

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Cellulose Synthase

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Kinetochore

Ebola Virus

HIV in Blood Plasma

Influenza Virus

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Abiogenesis

Respiratory Droplet

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Poliovirus Neutralization

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Chloroplast

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Autophagy

CytoSkeleton

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Zika Virus

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

HIV-Infected Cell

Escherichia coli

Escherichia coli Bacterium

HIV Vaccine

Myelin

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Insulin Action

Biosites: Muscle

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine