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PcrA helicase complex

A prototype molecular motor translocating along ssDNA: PcrA helicase in complex with DNA and ATP (info) (request)

Japanese Lantern Protein

Mechanosensitive channel of small conductance MscS (info) (request)

E.coli GlpF and AqpZ

Free energy profiles reveal a much larger barrier for glycerol permeation in AqpZ than the GlpF (info) (request)

Spinach aquaporin SoPIP2;1

The open (yellow) and closed (green) state of the water channel SoPIP2;1 in spinach (info) (request)

bR and Purple Membrane

Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) and the purple membrane (info) (request)

Estrogen Receptor

Estrogen Receptor dimer - DNA complex (info) (request)

Multiscale simulation of LacI-DNA complex

Multiscale modeling of protein-DNA complexes: Structural dynamics of the lac repressor-DNA loop complex. (info) (request)

LacY

Lactose permease (LacY) is an integral membrane protein that uses the cell membrane's proton gradient for import of lactose. (info) (request)

Membrane Water channels

Water permeation through membrane water channels (info) (request)

Silica Nanopore

Ionic conduction through amorphous nano-meter size silica pore (info) (request)

Nanotube

Nanotubes have high polarizability due to the mobility of π-electrons over the tube walls (info) (request)

Titin Z1Z2-Telethonin Complex

Anchoring the elastic protein titin to ends of muscle fibers, telethonin serves as an anchor from which the complex can stretch against. (info) (request)

Satellite tobacco mosaic virus

Full structure of satellite tobacco mosaic virus, complete with protein, RNA, ions, and a small water box (info) (request)

STMV RNA

Crystal structure of the RNA from satellite tobacco mosaic virus, with an artificial nucleic acid sequence. Adenine residues are shown in yellow, and uracil in red. (info) (request)

ATP Synthase F1

ATP Synthase F1 Unit with stalk rotation axis (info) (request)

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanopore

Nano-meter size pore drilled into a MOS membrane (info) (request)

The fifth pore in AQP1

The proposed tetrameric ion pore and four monomeric water pores in Aquaporin-1 (info) (request)

Tetrameric aquaporin

Top view of a membrane-embedded, tetrameric model of GlpF in POPE (info) (request)

High Density Lipoprotein

Predicted structure of apolipoprotein A-I in reconstituted high density lipoprotein disks (info) (request)

HDL & Nanodiscs

Double-belt model discoidal high-density lipoproteins which can be used as platforms for embedding membrane proteins (info) (request)

Importin-β

FG-repeat nucleoporin binding to the surface of importin-β (info) (request)

Holliday junction and endonuclease

Model of the complex formed between a proposed tetrahedral Holliday junction and a T7 endonuclease I before resolution (info) (request)

LOV domain

Molecular view of the Light, Oxygen, and Voltage domain of C. reinhardtii (info) (request)

Catalytic Core of PcrA

The catalytic core region of PcrA shows high structural similarity to that of F1 ATPase (info) (request)

Protein Conduction

The membrane channel SecY opens for a short incoming protein helix. (info) (request)

Lipoprotein assembly

Two amphipathic apolipoprotein A-I proteins gathering lipids to form a discoidal HDL particle. (info) (request)

GB1 protein

Modeling of the GB1 protein in its crystallopgraphically resolved symmetry. (info) (request)

SecYE&beta

The protein conducting channel SecYEβ shown in a lipid membrane surrounded by water. (info) (request)

Ribosome

All-atom model of the T. thermophilus ribosome. (info) (request)

Potassium Channel

Kv1.2, a voltage-gated potassium channel in a lipid membrane. (info) (request)

Lipoprotein

All-atom vs coarse-grained model of a high-density lipoprotein. (info) (request)

Satellite tobacco mosaic virus capsid

Collapse of the Virus capsid when the RNA core is replaced by water. (info) (request)

Poliovirus

All-atom model of the polivirus capsid with 60 receptors bound to the capsid. (info) (request)

LacY

Lactose permease (LacY), a membrane protein that translocates sugars outside-in. A lactose molecule is shown at the binding site. (info) (request)

BAR domain

A single BAR domain generates local membrane curvature. (info) (request)

Sculpting membrane by BAR domains

Multiple BAR domains work collectively to produce global membrane curvature. (info) (request)

Molecular orbitals of C60 fullerene

Molecular orbitals of C60 fullerene rendered using VMD's new lighting fast high resolution orbital representation. (info) (request)

LH2 proteins induce membrane curvature

The light harvesting LH2 proteins in photosynthetic bacteria induce membrane curvature by packing together. (info) (request)

Chromatophore vesicle in purple bacteria

Structural model of a chromatophore vesicle containing 150 proteins and 4000 chlorophylls. (info) (request)

Core complex dimer tubular vesicle

The core complex dimers, containing light-absorbing pigments, are arranged into a tubular vesicle in photosynthetic bacteria. (info) (request)

Sculpting membrane by BAR proteins

Proteins called BAR domains form lattices to sculpt cellular membranes into a variety of shapes, such as tubes. (info) (request)

Ribosome-SecY complex

The ribosome binds to SecY in the membrane preceding protein translocation. (info) (request)

Ribosome

Flexible fitting of ribosome structure into cryo-electron microscopy density map. (info) (request)

Fibrinogen

VMD rendering of fibrinogen, the protein which serves as the building block of blood clots. (info) (request)

Spherical HDL

Mature spherical HDL circulates in the blood collecting cholesterol. (info) (request)

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