Interactions of calcium (Ca2+) and zinc (Zn2+) cations with biomimetic membranes made of
dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) were studied by small angle neutron diffraction …

In studies of the transfer, distribution and biochemical activity of metal ions it is typically
assumed that the phospholipid bilayer acts as an inert barrier. Yet, there is mounting …

The Hofmeister series illustrates how salts produce a wide range of effects in biological
systems, which are not exclusively explained by ion charge. In lipid membranes, charged …

Interactions of the divalent cations Ca2+ and Mg2+ with the zwitterionic lipid bilayers
prepared of a fully saturated dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) or a di …

Adsorption of metal cations onto a cellular membrane changes its properties, such as
interactions with charged moieties or the propensity for membrane fusion. It is, however …

Background The first target of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) is the bacterial membrane. In
the case of Gram-negative bacteria this is the outer membrane (OM), the lipid composition of …

In this manuscript, we investigate the interactions of different metal ions with zwitterionic
phospholipid bilayers of different chain lengths using the well-known membrane probe …

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) curves of unilamellar dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
(DPPC) vesicles in 1–60mM CaCl2 were analyzed using a strip-function model of the …

A molecular dynamics simulation study of the steady and dynamic properties of an
asymmetric phospholipid bilayer was carried out in the presence of sodium or calcium ions …

Ion− membrane interactions are essential to the regulation of cell functions. While numerous
molecular dynamics (MD) simulations have been carried out to study the effects of ions on …