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I work in Molecular Biology and sometimes contribute to Wikimedia. I'm new and always happy to learn from comments (also sorry if I make any mistake!).

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I could spend all day exploring protein structure files. These are images I created from PDB files, rendered with the open software UCSF Chimera. I include labels and silhouettes afterwards with Adobe software.

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  Muscarinic receptor M1 coupled to a Gq protein. Source: 6OIJ.
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  Muscarinic receptor M2 coupled to a Go protein. Source: 6OIK.
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  IP3 receptor type 3 a ligand-gated Ca²⁺ channel. 6DQN.
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  IP3 receptor type 3 Side and top views. Source: 6DQN.
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  L-type calcium channel a voltage-gated Ca²⁺ channel. 3JBR.
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  CCR7 Receptor a C-C chemokine receptor. Source: 6QZH.
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  Brain-derived neurotrophic factor aka BDNF. Source: 1B8M