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We have performed detailed ab initio SCF calculations on the intermolecular interaction energies for one Na+ ion and one water molecule with two molecular fragments, one exemplifying a phospholipid (PL) head (PLHD) and the other, a phospholipid tail (PLTL). A 6-12-1 atom-atom pair potential for the interaction of a Na+ ion and water with a lysophosphatidyl-ethanolamine (LPEA) was derived from these results by a fitting procedure. This fitted potential was used to obtain isoenergy maps that provide energy profiles of the Na+ ion and the water around the phospholipids. The interaction of the Na+ ion with PL, as well as the interaction of water with the PL, can be visualized from these maps, which, as expected, show regions of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity for the water and indicate a very strong binding site for the Na+ ion on the phosphate. It appears to be a stationary site that would limit the Na+ ion mobility. This binding site is located near the double-bonded oxygen atom of the phosphate group; its binding energy for Na+ is 67 kcal/mol. On the other hand the NH+ group of PLHD ahows strong electrostatic repulsion of Na+ while interacting with water with a binding energy of 13 kcal/mol. This potential energy well region for water is separated from another of similar depth near the phosphate by a barrier and both regions are expected to act as binding sites for water.
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Swaminathan, P.K., Vercauteren, D.P., Kim, K.S. et al. Interaction of phospholipids (Lysophosphatidylethanolamines) with water and sodium cation. J Biol Phys 14, 49–56 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01858693
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