Total impact factor: 155.035

Number of publications: 36

1. Miller Adriana, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Mikołajczyk-Tarnawa Aleksandra, Kola Arian, Wiloch Magdalena, Jonsson-Niedziolka Martin, Wieczorek Robert, Wątły Joanna, Valensin Daniela, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
Cu(II) binding to an antimicrobial shrimp peptide - a small step for structural chemistry, a big leap for medicinal applications
Chemical Science, 2025, 16, 3447-3458
IF: 7.6
10.1039/d4sc05222f

2. Wątły Joanna, Szarszoń Klaudia, Sabieraj Monika, Kola Arian, Wieczorek Robert, Janek Tomasz, Valensin Daniela
Modulating Copper(II) Coordination and Antimicrobial Activity: Effects of d-Amino Acid Substitution and Retro-Inverso Modification in Human Saliva MUC7 Peptide
Inorganic Chemistry, 2025, 64, 6365-6377
IF: 4.3
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00438

3. Szarszoń Klaudia, Baran Natalia, Śliwka Paulina, Wiloch Magdalena, Janek Tomasz, Wątły Joanna
Bioinorganic Chemistry Meets Microbiology: Copper(II) and Zinc(II) Complexes Doing the Cha-Cha with the C-t-CCL-28 Peptide, Dancing till the End of Microbes
Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, 63, 19105-19116
IF: 4.3
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c02500

4. 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: 3.8
10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2023.112476

5. Dzień Emilia, Wątły Joanna, Kola Arian, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Miller Adriana, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Valensin Daniela, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
Impact of metal coordination and pH on the antimicrobial activity of histatin 5 and the products of its hydrolysis
Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53, 7561-7570
IF: 3.5
10.1039/d4dt00565a

6. Szarszoń Klaudia, Andrä Silke, Janek Tomasz, Wątły Joanna
Insights into the Chemistry, Structure, and Biological Activity of Human Salivary MUC7 Fragments and Their Cu(II) and Zn(II) Complexes
Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, 63, 11616-11627
IF: 4.3
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c00868

7. Łuczkowski Marek, Leszczyńska Weronika, Wątły Joanna, Clemens Stephan, Krężel Artur
Phytochelatins Bind Zn(II) with Micro- to Picomolar Affinities without the Formation of Binuclear Complexes, Exhibiting Zinc Buffering and Muffling Rather than Storing Functions
Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, 63, 10915-10931
IF: 4.3
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01707

8. Miller Adriana, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Bellotti Denise, Garstka Kinga, Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Wieczorek Robert, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
Zn(II) and Cu(II) Coordination Enhances the Antimicrobial Activity of Piscidin 3, but Not That of Piscidins 1 and 2
Inorganic Chemistry, 2024, 63, 12958-12968
IF: 4.3
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01659

9. Dzień Emilia, Wątły Joanna, Hecel Aleksandra, Mikołajczyk Aleksandra, Matera-Witkiewicz Agnieszka, Adrover Miquel, Barceló-Oliver Miquel, Domínguez-Martín Alicia, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
Zn(II) coordination influences the secondary structure, but not antimicrobial activity of the N-terminal histatin 3 hydrolysis product
Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53, 19202-19213
IF: 3.5
10.1039/D4DT02274B

10. 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: 4.2
10.3390/molecules28103985

11. 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: 3.5
10.1039/d3dt02417b

12. 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: 4.3
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c03409

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. Piec Kamila, Wątły Joanna, Jerzykiewicz Maria, Kłak Julia, Plichta Andrzej, John Łukasz
Mono-substituted cage-like silsesquioxanes bound by trifunctional acyl chloride as a multi-donor N,O-type ligand in copper(II) coordination chemistry: synthesis and structural properties.
New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, 45, 4156-4163
IF: 3.925
10.1039/d0nj05425a

17. 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

18. Wątły Joanna, Łuczkowski Marek, Padjasek Michał, Krężel Artur
Phytochelatins as a dynamic system for Cd(II) buffering from the micro- to femtomolar range.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2021, 60, 4657-4675
IF: 5.436
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.0c03639

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. 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

26. 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

27. 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

28. Zamariola Giulia, Wątły Joanna, Gallerani Eleonora, Gavioli Riccardo, Guerrini Remo, Kozłowski Henryk, Remelli Maurizio
AGHLDDLPGALSAL : a hemoglobin fragment potentially competing with albumin to bind transition metal ions.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2016, 163, 301-310
IF: 3.348
10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.04.001

29. Remelli Maurizio, Ceciliato Carlo, Guerrini Remo, Kołkowska Paulina, Krzywoszyńska Karolina, Salvadori Severo, Valensin Daniela, Wątły Joanna, Kozłowski Henryk
DOES hemopressin bind metal ions in vivo ?
Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 18267-18280
IF: 4.029
10.1039/c6dt03598a

30. Walencik Paulina K., Wątły Joanna, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
Fungal zinc homeostasis - a tug of war between the pathogen and host.
Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2016, 23, 3717-3729
IF: 3.249
10.2174/0929867323666160817163834

31. Kołkowska Paulina, Hecel Aleksandra, Kędzierska Dorota, Ostrowska Małgorzata, Walencik Paulina K., Wątły Joanna, Zdyb Karolina, Spodzieja Marta, Rodziewicz-Motowidlo Sylwia, Potocki Sławomir, Łuczkowski Marek, Gumienna-Kontecka Elżbieta, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
HENRYK - an endless source of metal coordination surprises.
Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 2016, 163, 258-265
IF: 3.348
10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2016.02.030

32. Brasili Davide, Wątły Joanna, Simonovsky Eyal, Guerrini Remo, Barbosa Nuno A., Wieczorek Robert, Remelli Maurizio, Kozłowski Henryk, Miller Yifat
The unusual metal ion binding ability of histidyl tags and their mutated derivatives.
Dalton Transactions, 2016, 45, 5629-5639
IF: 4.029
10.1039/C5DT04747A

33. Wątły Joanna, Potocki Sławomir, Rowińska-Żyrek Magdalena
Zinc homeostasis at the bacteria/host interface : from coordination chemistry to nutritional immunity.
Chemistry-A European Journal, 2016, 22, 15992-16010
IF: 5.317
10.1002/chem.201602376

34. Wątły Joanna, Simonovsky Eyal, Barbosa Nuno A., Spodzieja Marta, Wieczorek Robert, Rodziewicz-Motowidlo Sylwia, Miller Yifat, Kozłowski Henryk
African viper poly-his tag peptide fragment efficiently binds metal ions and is folded into an α-helical structure.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2015, 54, 7692-7702
IF: 4.82
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5b01029

35. Kozłowski Henryk, Kołkowska Paulina, Wątły Joanna, Krzywoszyńska Karolina, Potocki Sławomir
General aspects of metal toxicity.
Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2014, 21, 3721-3740
IF: 3.853
10.2174/0929867321666140716093838

36. Wątły Joanna, Simonovsky Eyal, Wieczorek Robert, Barbosa Nuno A., Miller Yifat, Kozłowski Henryk
Insight into the coordination and the binding sites of Cu²⁺ by the histidyl-6-tag using experimental and computational tools.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2014, 53, 6675-6683
IF: 4.762
10.1021/ic500387u