Tetramyristoylcardiolipin is an anionic lipid.1 Tetramyristoylcardiolipin in combination with apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) forms nanodisk bilayers, which undergo calcium chloride-induced transformation to non-bilayers. Tetramyristoylcardiolipin increases the liposome membrane gel-to-liquid transition temperature in a concentration-dependent manner.2
1.Fox, C.A., Ellison, P., Ikon, N., et al.Calcium-induced transformation of cardiolipin nanodisksBiochim. Biophys. Acta Biomembr.1861(5)1030-1036(2019) 2.Beriashvili, D., Taylor, R., Kralt, B., et al.Mechanistic studies on the effect of membrane lipid acyl chain composition on daptomycin pore formationChem. Phys. Lipids21673-79(2018)
















