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  1. Hecel Aleksandra, Garstka Kinga, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
    –HH and –HAAAH motifs act as fishing nets for biologically relevant metal ions in metallopeptides
    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2024, 252, 112456/1-112456/14
    IF: 3.9
    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112456

  2. Garstka Kinga, Potoczniak Gabriela, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
    Aspergillus fumigatus ZrfC Zn(II) transporter scavengers zincophore-bound Zn(II)
    Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53, 2848-2858
    IF: 4
    10.1039/d3dt04083f

  3. Szarszoń Klaudia, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Grelich-Mucha Manuela, Wieczorek Robert, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Olesiak-Bańska Joanna, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Wątły Joanna
    Bioinorganic chemistry of shepherin II complexes helps to fight Candida albicans?
    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2024, 253, 112476/1-112476/10
    IF: 3.9
    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112476

  4. Garstka Kinga, Dzyhovskyi Valentyn, Wątły Joanna, Stokowa-Sołtys Kamila, Świątek-Kozłowska Jolanta, Kozłowski Henryk, Barceló-Oliver Miquel, Bellotti Denise, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
    CH vs. HC—Promiscuous Metal Sponges in Antimicrobial Peptides and Metallophores
    Molecules, 2023, 28, 3985/1-3985/14
    IF: 4.6
    10.3390/molecules28103985

  5. D'Accolti Maria, Bellotti Denise, Dzień Emilia, Leonetti Carlotta, Leveraro Silvia, Albanese Valentina, Marzola Erika, Guerrini Remo, Caselli Elisabetta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio
    Impact of C- and N-terminal protection on the stability, metal chelation and antimicrobial properties of calcitermin
    Scientific Reports, 2023, 13, 18228/1-18228/13
    IF: 4.6
    10.1038/s41598-023-45437-0

  6. Garstka Kinga, Bellotti Denise, Wątły Joanna, Kozłowski Henryk, Remelli Maurizio, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
    Metal coordination to solute binding proteins – exciting chemistry with potential biological meaning
    Dalton Transactions, 2023, 52, 16140-16150
    IF: 4
    10.1039/d3dt02417b

  7. Dudek Dorota, Miller Adriana, Hecel Aleksandra, Kola Arian, Valensin Daniela, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Barceló-Oliver Miquel, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
    Semenogelins Armed in Zn(II) and Cu(II): May Bioinorganic Chemistry Help Nature to Cope with Enterococcus faecalis?
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62, 14103-14115
    IF: 4.6
    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c02390

  8. Wątły Joanna, Szarszoń Klaudia, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Grelich-Mucha Manuela, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Olesiak-Bańska Joanna, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
    Zn(II) Induces Fibril Formation and Antifungal Activity in Shepherin I, An Antimicrobial Peptide from Capsella bursa-pastoris
    Inorganic Chemistry, 2023, 62, 19786-19794
    IF: 4.6
    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03409

  9. ​Sykuła Anna, Nowak Adriana, Garribba Eugenio, Dzeikala Aliaksandr, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Czerwińska Justyna, Maniukiewicz Waldemar, Łodyga-Chruścińska Elżbieta
    Spectroscopic  Characterization and Biological Activity of Hesperetin Schiff Bases and Their Cu(II) Complexes
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, 24, 761/1-761/21
    IF: 5.6
    10.3390/ijms24010761 

  10. Rombel-Bryzek Agnieszka, Miller Adriana, Witkowska Danuta

    Thermodynamic analysis of the interactions between human ACE2 and spike RBD of Betacoronaviruses (SARS‐CoV ‐1 and SARS‐CoV ‐2)

    FEBS Open Bio, 2023, 13, 174-184

    IF: 2.792

    10.1002/2211-5463.13525 

  11. Dudek Dorota, Garstka Kinga, Miller Adriana, Dzień Emilia, Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Oddziaływanie przeciwdrobnoustrojowych peptydów z jonami metali - Relacja między chemią koordynacyjną, strukturą, termodynamiką a sposobem działania = The interaction of antimicrobial peptides with metal ions - The realationship between coordination chemistry, structure, termodynamics and mode of action

    Wiadomości Chemiczne, 2022, 76, 365-391

    10.53584/wiadchem.2022.5.7 

  12. Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Wieczorek Robert, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Kozłowski Henryk

    Poly-Gly Region Regulates the Accessibility of Metal Binding Sites in Snake Venom Peptides

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2022, 61, 14247-14251

    IF: 4.6

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02584 

  13. Garstka Kinga, Hecel Aleksandra, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Specific Zn(II)-binding site in the C-terminus of Aspf2, a zincophore from Aspergillus fumigatus

    Metallomics, 2022, 14, mfac042

    IF: 3.4

    10.1093/mtomcs/mfac042 

  14. Dzień Emilia, Dudek Dorota, Witkowska Danuta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Thermodynamic surprises of Cu(II)-amylin analogue complexes in membrane mimicking solutions.

    Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 425/1-425/9

    IF: 4.6

    10.1038/s41598-021-04197-5 

  15. Dudek Dorota, Dzień Emilia, Wątły Joanna, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Hajda Agata, Olesiak-Bańska Joanna, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Zn(II) binding to pramlintide results in a structural kink, fibril formation and antifungal activity

    Scientific Reports, 2022, 12, 20543/1-20543/8

    IF: 4.6

    10.1038/s41598-022-24968-y 

  16. Bellotti Denise, Miller Adriana, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio

    Zn2+ and Cu2+ binding to the extramembrane loop of Zrt2, a zinc transporter of Candida albicans.

    Biomolecules, 2022, 12, 121/1-121/16

    IF: 5.5

    10.3390/biom12010121 

  17. Witkowska Danuta, Szebesczyk Agnieszka, Wątły Joanna, Braczkowski Michał, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    A comparative study on nickel binding to Hpn-like polypeptides from two Helicobacter pylori strains

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22, 13210/1-13210/15

    IF: 6.208

    10.3390/ijms222413210 

  18. Miller Adriana, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Wieczorek Robert, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Chemical “butterfly effect” explaining the coordination chemistry and antimicrobial properties of clavanin complexes.

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 12730-12734

    IF: 5.436

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c02101 

  19. Bellotti Denise, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio

    How Zinc-Binding Systems, Expressed by Human Pathogens, Acquire Zinc from the Colonized Host Environment: A Critical Review on Zincophores

    Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2021, 28, 7312-7338

    IF: 4.74

    10.2174/1389200222666210514012945 

  20. Hecel Aleksandra, Kola Arian, Valensin Daniela, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Metal specificity of the Ni(II) and Zn(II) binding sites of the N-terminal and G-domain of E. coli HypB.

    Dalton Transactions, 2021, 50, 12635-12647

    IF: 4.569

    10.1039/d1dt02126e 

  21. Wątły Joanna, Miller Adriana, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Peptidomimetics – An infinite reservoir of metal binding motifs in metabolically stable and biologically active molecules.

    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2021, 217, 111386/1-111386/17

    IF: 4.336

    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111386 

  22. Bellotti Denise, Sinigaglia Angelica, Guerrini Remo, Marzola Erika, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio

    The N-terminal domain of Helicobacter pylori's Hpn protein: The role of multiple histidine residues.

    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2021, 214, 111304/1-111304/12

    IF: 4.336

    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111304 

  23. Miller Adriana, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Wątły Joanna, Wilcox Dean, Witkowska Danuta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Zn-enhanced Asp-rich antimicrobial peptides: N-terminal coordination by Zn(II) and Cu(II), which distinguishes Cu(II) binding to different peptides.

    International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22, 6971/1-6971/20

    IF: 6.208

    10.3390/ijms22136971 

  24. Alghrably Mawadda, Dudek Dorota, Emwas Abdul-Hamid, Jaremko Łukasz, Jaremko Mariusz, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Copper(II) and amylin analogues: a complicated relationship

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 2527-2535

    IF: 5.165

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03498 

  25. Hecel Aleksandra, Kola Arian, Valensin Daniela, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Metal complexes of two specific regions of ZnuA, a periplasmic zinc(II) transporter from Escherichia coli.

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 1947-1958

    IF: 5.165

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03298 

  26. Kola Arian, Hecel Aleksandra, Lamponi Stefania, Valensin Daniela

    Novel perspective on Alzheimer’s disease treatment: rosmarinic acid molecular interplay with copper(II) and amyloid β.

    Life, 2020, 10, 118/1-118/18

    IF: 3.817

    10.3390/life10070118 

  27. Bellotti Denise, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio

    Novel insights into the metal binding ability of ZinT periplasmic protein from Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica.

    Dalton Transactions, 2020, 49, 9393-9403

    IF: 4.39

    10.1039/d0dt01626h 

  28. Ben-Shushan Shira, Hecel Aleksandra, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Kozłowski Henryk, Miller Yifat

    Zinc binding sites conserved in short neuropeptides containing a diphenylalanine motif.

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 59, 925-929

    IF: 5.165

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b03199 

  29. Hecel Aleksandra, Ostrowska Małgorzata, Stokowa-Sołtys Kamila, Wątły Joanna, Dudek Dorota, Miller Adriana, Potocki Sławomir, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Domínguez-Martín Alicia, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Zinc(II)—the overlooked éminence grise of chloroquine’s fight against COVID-19?

    Pharmaceuticals, 2020, 13, 228/1-228/29

    IF: 5.863

    10.3390/ph13090228 

  30. Dudek Dorota, Miller Adriana, Draghi Sara, Valensin Daniela, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Witkowska Danuta, Stokowa-Sołtys Kamila, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Zn(II)-alloferon complexes - similar sequence, different coordination modes, no antibacterial activity.

    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2020, 213, 111275/1-111275/9

    IF: 4.155

    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2020.111275 

  31. Hecel Aleksandra, Kołkowska Paulina, Krzywoszyńska Karolina, Szebesczyk Agnieszka, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Kozłowski Henryk

    Ag+ complexes as potential therapeutic agents in medicine and pharmacy.

    Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2019, 26, 624-647

    IF: 4.184

    10.2174/0929867324666170920125943 

  32. Bellotti Denise, Toniolo Mattia, Dudek Dorota, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Guerrini Remo, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Remelli Maurizio, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Bioinorganic chemistry of calcitermin – the picklock of its antimicrobial activity.

    Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 13740-13752

    IF: 4.174

    10.1039/c9dt02869b 

  33. Witkowska Danuta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Biophysical approaches for the study of metal-protein interactions

    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2019, 199, 110783/1-110783/10

    IF: 3.212

    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110783 

  34. Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Więch Anna, Wątły Joanna, Wieczorek Robert, Witkowska Danuta, Ożyhar Andrzej, Orłowski Marek

    Copper(II)-binding induces a unique polyproline type II helical structure within the ion-binding segment in the intrinsically disordered F-domain of ecdysteroid receptor from Aedes aegypti.

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 11782-11792

    IF: 4.825

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01826 

  35. Hecel Aleksandra, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Kozłowski Henryk

    Copper(II)-induced restructuring of ZnuD, a Zinc(II) transporter from Neisseria meningitidis. 

    Inorganic Chemistry, 2019, 58, 5932-5942

    IF: 4.825

    10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b00265 

  36. Potocki Sławomir, Delgado Paula, Dudek Dorota, Janicka-Kłos Anna, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Pneumococcal HxxHxH triad - Copper(II) interactions - How important is the 'x'?

    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2019, 488, 255-259

    IF: 2.304

    10.1016/j.ica.2019.01.029 

  37. Więch Anna, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Wątły Joanna, Czarnota Aleksandra, Hołubowicz Rafał, Szewczuk Zbigniew, Ożyhar Andrzej, Orłowski Marek

    The intrinsically disordered C-terminal F domain of the ecdysteroid receptor from Aedes aegypti exhibits metal ion-binding ability.

    Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 2019, 186, 42-55

    IF: 3.813

    10.1016/j.jsbmb.2018.09.008 

  38. Bellotti Denise, Tocchio Cinzia, Guerrini Remo, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio

    Thermodynamic and spectroscopic study of Cu(II) and Zn(II) complexes with the (148–156) peptide fragment of C4YJH2, a putative metal transporter of Candida albicans.

    Metallomics, 2019, 11, 1988-1998

    IF: 3.796

    10.1039/c9mt00251k 

  39. Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Wieczorek Robert, Świątek-Kozłowska Jolanta, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Uncapping the N-terminus of a ubiquitous His-tag peptide enhances its Cu2+ binding affinity.

    Dalton Transactions, 2019, 48, 13567-13579

    IF: 4.174

    10.1039/c9dt01635j 

  40. Łoboda Dorota, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Candida albicans zincophore and zinc transporter interactions with Zn(II) and Ni(II).

    Dalton Transactions, 2018, 47, 2646-2654

    IF: 4.052

    10.1039/c7dt04403h 

  41. Łoboda Dorota, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Antimicrobial peptide–metal ion interactions : a potential way of activity enhancement.

    New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 7560-7568

    IF: 3.069

    10.1039/c7nj04709f 

  42. Hecel Aleksandra, Wątły Joanna, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Świątek-Kozłowska Jolanta, Kozłowski Henryk

    Histidine tracts in human transcription factors: insight into metal ion coordination ability.

    Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, 2018, 23, 81-90

    IF: 3.632

    10.1007/s00775-017-1512-x 

  43. Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Kozłowski Henryk

    Impact of histidine spacing on modified polyhistidine tag : metal ion interactions.

    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 472, 119-126

    IF: 2.433

    10.1016/j.ica.2017.06.053 

  44. Bellotti Denise, Łoboda Dorota, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Remelli Maurizio

    Investigation on the metal binding sites of a putative Zn(II) transporter in opportunistic yeast species Candida albicans.

    New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 8123-8130

    IF: 3.069

    10.1039/c8nj00533h 

  45. Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Metal interactions with the transmembrane region of HupE Ni2+ transporter explain its efficiency.

    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2018, 180, 33-38

    IF: 3.224

    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.11.026 

  46. Łodyga-Chruścińska Elżbieta, Pilo Maria, Zucca Antonio, Garribba Eugenio, Klewicka Elżbieta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Symonowicz Marzena, Chruściński Longin, Cheshchevik Vitalij T.

    Physicochemical, antioxidant, DNA cleaving properties and antimicrobial activity of fisetin-copper chelates.

    Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2018, 180, 101-118

    IF: 3.224

    10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2017.12.006 

  47. Miller Adriana, Dudek Dorota, Potocki Sławomir, Czapor-Irzabek Hanna, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Pneumococcal histidine triads – involved not only in Zn2+, but also Ni2+ binding?

    Metallomics, 2018, 10, 1631-1637

    IF: 3.571

    10.1039/c8mt00275d 

  48. Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Kołkowska Paulina, Kozłowski Henryk, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Poly-Xaa sequences in proteins - biological role and interactions with metal ions : chemical and medical aspects.

    Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2018, 25, 22-48

    IF: 3.894

    10.2174/0929867324666170428104928 

  49. Gumienna-Kontecka Elżbieta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Łuczkowski Marek

    The role of trace elements in living organisms.

    Recent advances in trace elements.

    Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, 2018, 177-206

    ISBN 9781119133773 

    10.1002/9781119133780.ch9 

  50. Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena

    Wyjaśnienie elementów homeostazy niklu(II) i cynku(II) u bakterii i grzybów = Explaining elements of nickel(II) and zinc(II) homeostasis in bacteria and fungi.

    Wiadomości Chemiczne, 2018, 72, 469-496

    https://www.dbc.wroc.pl/dlibra/publication/66676/edition/45212

  51. Remelli Maurizio, Brasili Davide, Guerrini Remo, Pontecchiani Fabio, Potocki Sławomir, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena, Wątły Joanna, Kozłowski Henryk

    Zn(II) and Ni(II) complexes with poly-histidyl peptides derived from a snake venom.

    Inorganica Chimica Acta, 2018, 472, 149-156

    IF: 2.433

    10.1016/j.ica.2017.05.070 

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