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* Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics and Program in Molecular/Cell Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599
Correspondence: Address reprint requests to Sagar A. Pandit, E-mail: pandit{at}iit.edu; David Bostick, E-mail: dbostick{at}physics.unc.edu; or Max L. Berkowitz, E-mail: maxb{at}unc.edu.
Two mixed bilayers containing dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine and dipalmitoylphosphatidylserine at a ratio of 5:1 are simulated in NaCl electrolyte solutions of different concentration using the molecular dynamics technique. Direct NH···O and CH···O hydrogen bonding between lipids was observed to serve as the basis of interlipid complexation. It is deduced from our results and previous studies that dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine alone is less likely to form interlipid complexes than in the presence of bound ions or other bilayer "impurities" such as dipalmitoylphosphatidylserine. The binding of counterions is observed and quantitated. Based upon the calculated ion binding constants, the Gouy-Chapman surface potential (
) is calculated. In addition we calculated the electrostatic potential profile (
) by twice integrating the system charge distribution. A large discrepancy between and the value of at the membrane surface is observed. However, at "larger" distance from the bilayer surface, a qualitative similarity in the z-profiles of and 
GC is seen. The discrepancy between the two potential profiles near the bilayer surface is attributed to the discrete and nonbulk-like nature of water in the interfacial region and to the complex geometry of this region.
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