Molecule of the Month
December 2024

Flagellar Motor

Bidirectional motors power the swimming of many bacterial cells.

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Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Lac Repressor

Hemoglobin S

TATA-Binding Protein (TBP)

Hemoglobin (1000)

Myoglobin

Intermolecular Contacts in Hemoglobin S

DNA

Aspartate Transcarbamoylase (ATCase)

Myohemerythrin

A-DNA

Oxyhemoglobin

Lysozyme (488)

Lysozyme (512)

Induced Lac Repressor

Trypsin

Hemoglobin

Ribonuclease S

Cytochrome c

B-DNA

Crambin

Deoxyhemoglobin

Carboxypeptidase A

Myoglobin Fold

Collagen

Immunoglobulin G (IgG)

Transfer Ribonucleic Acid (tRNA)

Z-DNA

Tomato Bushy Stunt Virus (TBSV)

Cytochrome c (unbound)

DPG-Hemoglobin Complex

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

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

Bacteriophage T4 Infection

Respiratory Droplet

Coronavirus

Abiogenesis

Chloroplast

Model of a Mycoplasma Cell

HIV-Infected Cell

Ebola Virus

Insulin Action

HIV in Blood Plasma

Autophagy

Excitatory and Inhibitory Synapses

Transfer RNA and Gag Protein

Myelin

Biosites: Nucleus

SARS-CoV-2 and Neutralizing Antibodies

Last Universal Common Ancestor

Poliovirus Neutralization

Escherichia coli Bacterium

Escherichia coli

Collagen and Extracellular Matrix

HIV Vaccine

RecA and DNA

Biosites: Cytoplasm

Zika Virus

SARS-CoV-2 Fusion

Phage-based COVID-19 Vaccine

Biosites: Red Blood Cell

Cellulose Synthase

Influenza Vaccine

Insulin Release

JCVI-syn3A Minimal Cell

CytoSkeleton

Blood

Caulobacter Polar Microdomain

Mycoplasma mycoides

Biosites: Basement Membrane

Red Blood Cell Cytoskeleton

Measles Virus Proteins

Myoglobin in a Whale Muscle Cell

Casein Micelle and Fat Globule in Milk

Biosites: Muscle

Immunological Synapse

Biosites: Blood Plasma

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VegF) Signaling

Coronavirus Life Cycle

Lipid Droplets

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