Remdesivir monophosphate is linked to the growing RNA chain by the RdRp enzyme from SARS-CoV2. Pyrophoshate is spliced off, on the right. Magenta Mg2+ ions. The long bonds are not real but depict secondary structure,
Comparison of endogenous peptide (Leu-enkephalin) with a plant alkaloid (morphine) and the smallest chemical structure with similar activity (pethidine).
Substrate folate (blue) in the active site of Dihydrofolate reductase (yellow), with cofactor NADPH below (magenta).
Docking, with Autodock, of a steroid to an antibody to predict the binding site.
Poster on IT in education
David de Wied studied neuropeptides like vasopressin (left) and oxytocin (right). These images were made based on experimental 3D structures and now decorate the cryo-EM facility in the David de Wied building.