TY - JOUR
T1 - First principles insight into the α-glucan structures of starch
T2 - their synthesis, conformation, and hydration
AU - Damager, Iben
AU - Engelsen, Søren Balling
AU - Blennow, Andreas
AU - Møller, Birger Lindberg
AU - Motawie, Mohammed Saddik
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - A study was conducted to demonstrate the synthesis, conformation, and hydration of the α-glucan structures of starch. Starch and glycogen were synthesized by sets of specific enzyme activities that directly determined their molecular structures and physical properties. It was demonstrated that the extent of crystallinity, aggregation and hydration was of fundamental importance for starch and its human analogue glycogen. Starch was deposited in the plant as a stable form in highly organized and semicrystalline granules having specific crystalline polymorphs as determined by powder X-ray crystallography. The investigations mainly focused on the bottom-up approach of synthesis, conformation, and hydration of starch. Starch and glycogen were found to be polymers that were built up from a single monomer, D-glucopyranose, or for short D-glucose.
AB - A study was conducted to demonstrate the synthesis, conformation, and hydration of the α-glucan structures of starch. Starch and glycogen were synthesized by sets of specific enzyme activities that directly determined their molecular structures and physical properties. It was demonstrated that the extent of crystallinity, aggregation and hydration was of fundamental importance for starch and its human analogue glycogen. Starch was deposited in the plant as a stable form in highly organized and semicrystalline granules having specific crystalline polymorphs as determined by powder X-ray crystallography. The investigations mainly focused on the bottom-up approach of synthesis, conformation, and hydration of starch. Starch and glycogen were found to be polymers that were built up from a single monomer, D-glucopyranose, or for short D-glucose.
U2 - 10.1021/cr900227t
DO - 10.1021/cr900227t
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20302376
AN - SCOPUS:77951222409
SN - 0009-2665
VL - 110
SP - 2049
EP - 2080
JO - Chemical Reviews
JF - Chemical Reviews
IS - 4
ER -