Starch biosynthesis properties

All chapters/subjects that were also in the previous edition have been updated. Chapters have been added on the biochemistry and molecular biology of starch biosynthesis, structural transitions and related physical properties of starch, and cyclo-dextrins. There are two chapters on the structural features of starch granules that present not only advances in understanding the organization of starch granules, but also advances in understanding the fine structures of amylose and amylopectin, both of which are based on techniques that have been developed since 1984. 

Geddes, R., Greenwood, C. T., and Mackenzie, S. 1965. Studies on the biosynthesis of starch granules. Part III. The properties of the components of starches from the growing potato tubers. Carbohyd. Res. 1, 71-82. 

Nantes was chosen as the location because of its INRA Research Centre, which is renowned for its basic and applied research on plant biopolymers, starch, proteins and cell wall polysaccharides. The main objectives of the Nantes Centre in Plant Science first of all concerns the biosynthesis of macromolecules and assemblies in planta, secondly their structural characteristics and related physico-chemical and functional properties, and thirdly with their behaviour in multiphasic systems in relation to end-uses in food and non-food applications. In addition, human nutrition is also considered. 

In recent years, many different theories about cellulose biosynthesis can be observed and it has been found that cellulose is produced from a wide range of substrates, e.g. glucose, fructose, mono and disaccharides, starch hydrolysates, molasses, and others. The capacity for biosynthesis as well as the properties of biopolymers produced is strongly dependent on strain productivity, medium composition, and culture conditions. The biosynthesis of modified cellulose is carried out using culture media composed of... 

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