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Starch granules single helical structures

Figure 4.3 The building block structure of potato amylopectin clusters. Branched building blocks (encircled) are mainly found inside amorphous lamellae (A) of semi-crystalline rings in starch granules. Double helices (symbolized as cylinders) extend from the building blocks into the crystalline lamellae (C). Enlargements of a double helix segment, in which the single strands are parallel and left-handed, and a building block are shown to the right. Figure 4.3 The building block structure of potato amylopectin clusters. Branched building blocks (encircled) are mainly found inside amorphous lamellae (A) of semi-crystalline rings in starch granules. Double helices (symbolized as cylinders) extend from the building blocks into the crystalline lamellae (C). Enlargements of a double helix segment, in which the single strands are parallel and left-handed, and a building block are shown to the right.
X-ray diffraction studies support the double-helical structure but suggest a parallel orientation of the amylose chains.81 Since amylose has not been obtained as single crystals the diffraction data do not give a definitive answer. However, if double helices are formed by adjacent branches in amylopectin and glycogen the two strands would be parallel. Starch granules also contain amorphous starch which appears to contain single helices, possibly wrapped around lipid materials.82... [Pg.173]


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