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Li K, Zhang T, Ren H, Zhao W, Hong S, Ge Y, Li X, Corke H. Structural and physicochemical properties of bracken fern ( Pteridium aquilinum) starch. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1201357. [PMID: 37408989 PMCID: PMC10318185 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1201357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/31/2023] [Indexed: 07/07/2023] Open
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Introduction Bracken fern (Pteridium aquilinum) starch is a non-mainstream, litter-researched starch, thus the starch characteristics remain largely unknown. Methods The structural and physicochemical properties of two bracken starches were systematically investigated, by use of various techniques that routinely applied in starch analysis. Results and Discussion The starches had amylose contents of 22.6 and 24.7%, respectively. The starch granules possessed C-type polymorph with D (4,3) ranging from 18.6 to 24.5 μm. During gelatinization event, the bracken starches showed lower viscosity than typical for rice starch, and lower gelatinization temperature than typical for cereal starches. After gelatinization event, bracken starches formed much softer and sticky gel than rice and potato starch. The molecular weight and branching degree (indexed by Mw, Mn and Rz values) of bracken starches were much higher than starches of many other sources. The branch chain length distributions showed that the bracken starches were structurally similar to some rice varieties (e. g. BP033, Beihan 1#), as reflected by proportions of A, B1, B2, and B3 chains. Notable differences in some starch traits between the two bracken starches were recorded, e. g. amylose content, gel hardness, gelatinization temperature and traits of structural properties. This study provides useful information on the utilization of bracken starch in both food and non-food industries.
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- Kehu Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Institute of Food Sciences, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Song X, Deng L, Zhang J, Ren H, Zhao R. Physicochemical properties and molecular structure of starches from different wheat varieties and their influence on Chinese steamed bread. J Food Sci 2023. [PMID: 37227942 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.16607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Starch is one of the key factors for the texture of Chinese steamed bread (CSB). In this study, the molecular structures and physicochemical properties of starches from 11 wheat varieties with amylose content (AC) of 1.75%-28.79% were investigated. Northern style CSB was made using these wheat varieties to explore the structure-property-quality relationship of starches. AC was negatively correlated with the pasting and gelatinization properties. The relative crystallinity (RC) had a negative correlation with AC but a positive correlation with gelatinization. The molecular structure results from the fluorophore-assisted capillary electrophoresis spectrophotometer indicated that the length of short amylopectin chains (βAp,i ) was positively correlated with hot paste and cool paste viscosities. The amount of medium amylopectin chains (hAp,iii ) was positively correlated with peak and breakdown viscosities but negatively correlated with setback viscosity. The hAp,iii had positive correlations with gelatinization temperatures and RC. The amount of long amylopectin chains (hAp,v ) had a positive correlation with peak temperature. For the CSB texture, βAp,i had negative correlations with hardness and chewiness, whereas had a positive correlation with resilience. The hAp,iii was negatively correlated with springiness and resilience. The hAp,v was negatively associated with resilience. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Starch has a vital role in wheat flour products. Clarifying the structure-property-quality relationship of starches will help illuminate the role of starch molecular structure in CSB production and provide valuable information for the control of CSB quality. It also provides a significant reference for wheat breeding.
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- Xiaoyan Song
- Provincial Key Laboratory of Cereal Resource Transformation and Utilization, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
- School of Liquor and Food Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory of Cereal Resource Transformation and Utilization, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou, P. R. China
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Li K, Zhang T, Zhao W, Ren H, Hong S, Ge Y, Corke H. Characterization of starch extracted from seeds of Cycas revoluta. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1159554. [PMID: 37305079 PMCID: PMC10248409 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1159554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/13/2023] Open
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Introduction Starch is major component in the big seeds of Cycas revoluta, however the characteristics of Cycas revoluta remain unknown. Methods In this study, the physicochemical and structural properties of two starch samples extracted from Cycad revoluta seeds were systematically investigated, using various techniques. Results The amylose contents of the two samples were 34.3 % and 35.5%, respectively. The spherical-truncated shaped starch granules possessed A-type crystallinity, and had an average diameter less than 15 μm. Compared to most commonly consumed cereal and potato starch, Cycad revoluta starch showed distinctive characteristics. For physicochemical properties, in the process of gelatinization, the Cycad revoluta starch showed similar viscosity profile to starches of some potato varieties, but Cycad revoluta starch had higher gelatinization temperature. Upon cooling, Cycad revoluta starch formed harder gels than rice starch. For structure, the molecular weight (indexed by Mw, Mn and Rz values), branching degree and the branch chain length distribution were determined. Discussion The results suggested that Cycad revoluta starch were different in structure from the main-stream starches. Notable differences in some starch traits between the two samples were recorded, which could be attributed to environmental factors. In general, this study provides useful information on the utilization of Cycad revoluta starch in both food and non-food industries.
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- Kehu Li
- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Resource Conservation and Germplasm Innovation in Mountainous Region (Ministry of Education), Collaborative Innovation Center for Mountain Ecology & Agro-Bioengineering (CICMEAB), Institute of Agro-Bioengineering, College of Life Sciences, Guizhou University, Guiyang, Guizhou, China
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- Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program, Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Shantou, China
- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Wang B, Xu J, Guo D, Long C, Zhang Z, Cheng Y, Huang H, Wen P, He H, He X. Research on the Relationship between the Amylopectin Structure and the Physicochemical Properties of Starch Extracted from Glutinous Rice. Foods 2023; 12. [PMID: 36765989 DOI: 10.3390/foods12030460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 01/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Glutinous rice has very low amylose content and is a good material for determining the structure and physicochemical properties of amylopectin. We selected 29 glutinous rice varieties and determined the amylopectin structure by high-performance anion exchange chromatography with the pulsed amperometric detection method. We also determined the correlation between amylopectin structure and the physicochemical properties of starch extracted from these varieties. The results showed that the amylopectin chain ratio Σdegree of polymerization (DP) ≤ 11/ΣDP ≤ 24 of 29 glutinous rice varieties was greater than 0.26, signifying that these varieties contained type II amylopectin. The results of the correlation analysis with gelatinization temperature showed that ΣDP 6-11 was significantly negatively correlated with the onset gelatinization temperature (GT) (TO), peak GT (TP), and conclusion GT (TC). Among the thermodynamic properties, ΣDP 12-24 was significantly positively correlated with To, Tp, and Tc, ΣDP 25-36 was significantly negatively correlated with To, Tp, and Tc, and ΣDP ≥ 37 had no correlation with the thermodynamic properties. The results of correlation analysis with RVA spectrum characteristic values showed that ΣDP 6-11 was significantly negatively correlated with hot paste viscosity (HPV), cool paste viscosity (CPV), consistency viscosity (CSV), peak time (PeT), and pasting temperature (PaT) among the Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) profile characteristics, ΣDP 12-24 was significantly positively correlated with HPV, CPV, CSV, PeT, and PaT, and ΣDP ≥ 25 had no correlation with the viscosity characteristics. Therefore, we concluded that the amylopectin structure had a greater effect on the TO, TP, TC, ΔH and peak viscosity, HPV, CPV, CSV, PeT, and PaT. The glutinous rice varieties with a higher distribution of short chains and a lower distribution of medium and long chains in the amylopectin structure resulted in lower GT and RVA spectrum characteristic values.
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Fu Y, Luo T, Hua Y, Yan X, Liu X, Liu Y, Liu Y, Zhang B, Liu R, Zhu Z, Zhu J. Assessment of the Characteristics of Waxy Rice Mutants Generated by CRISPR/Cas9. Front Plant Sci 2022; 13:881964. [PMID: 35755680 PMCID: PMC9226628 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.881964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The cooking and eating quality of rice grains is a major focus from a consumer's perspective and is mainly determined by the apparent amylose content (AAC) of the starch. Waxy rice, a type of rice with an AAC of less than 2%, is an important goal for the breeding of high-quality rice. In recent years, the cloning of the Waxy (Wx) gene has revealed the molecular mechanism of the formation of waxy traits in rice. However, there have been limited studies on the physicochemical properties, such as gelatinization temperature, rapid viscosity analyzer profile, and amylopectin fine structure of wx mutants. In the current study, a rapid and highly efficient strategy was developed through the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system for generating wx mutants in the background of five different rice varieties. The wx mutation significantly reduced the AAC and starch viscosity but did not affect the major agronomic traits (such as plant height, panicle number per plant, grain number per panicle, and seed-setting frequency). Incorporation of the wx mutation into varieties with low initial AAC levels resulted in further reduction in AAC, but without significantly affecting the original, desirable gelatinization traits and amylopectin structure types, suggesting that parents with low initial AAC should be preferred in breeding programs.
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- Yuhao Fu
- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- Key Laboratory of Southwestern Chinese Medicine Resources, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Leshan Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Leshan, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Rice Research Institute of Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Exploration and Utilization in Southwest China, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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Nakamura Y, Ono M, Hatta T, Kainuma K, Yashiro K, Matsuba G, Matsubara A, Miyazato A, Mizutani G. Effects of BEIIb-Deficiency on the Cluster Structure of Amylopectin and the Internal Structure of Starch Granules in Endosperm and Culm of Japonica-Type Rice. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:571346. [PMID: 33312184 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.571346.ecollection] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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It is known that one of starch branching enzyme (BE) isoforms, BEIIb, plays a specific role not only in the synthesis of distinct amylopectin cluster structure, but also in the formation of the internal structure of starch granules in rice endosperm because in its absence the starch crystalline polymorph changes to the B-type from the typical A-type found in the wild-type (WT) cereal endosperm starch granules. In the present study, to examine the contribution of BEIIb to the amylopectin cluster structure, the chain-length distributions of amylopectin and its phosphorylase-limit dextrins (Φ-LD) from endosperm and culm of a null be2b mutant called amylose-extender (ae) mutant line, EM10, were compared with those of its WT cultivar, Kinmaze, of japonica rice. The results strongly suggest that BEIIb specifically formed new short chains whose branch points were localized in the basal part of the crystalline lamellae and presumably in the intermediate between the crystalline and amorphous lamellae of amylopectin clusters in the WT endosperm, whereas in its absence branch points which were mainly formed by BEI were only located in the amorphous lamellae of amylopectin. These differences in the cluster structure of amylopectin between Kinmaze and EM10 endosperm were considered to be responsible for the differences in the A-type and B-type crystalline structures of starch granules between Kinmaze and EM10, respectively. The changes in internal structure of starch granules caused by BEIIb were analyzed by wide angle X-ray diffraction, small-angle X-ray scattering, solid state 13C NMR, and optical sum frequency generation spectroscopy. It was noted that the size the amylopectin cluster in ae endosperm (approximately 8.24 nm) was significantly smaller than that in WT endosperm (approximately 8.81 nm). Based on the present results, we proposed a model for the cluster structure of amylopectin in WT and ae mutant of rice endosperm. We also hypothesized the role of BEIIa in amylopectin biosynthesis in culm where BEIIb was not expressed and instead BEIIa was the major BE component in WT of rice.
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- Yasunori Nakamura
- Starch Technologies, Co., Ltd., Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
- Akita Natural Science Laboratory, Katagami, Japan
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- Akita Natural Science Laboratory, Katagami, Japan
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- Faculty of Risk and Crisis Management, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
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Nakamura Y, Ono M, Hatta T, Kainuma K, Yashiro K, Matsuba G, Matsubara A, Miyazato A, Mizutani G. Effects of BEIIb-Deficiency on the Cluster Structure of Amylopectin and the Internal Structure of Starch Granules in Endosperm and Culm of Japonica-Type Rice. Front Plant Sci 2020; 11:571346. [PMID: 33312184 PMCID: PMC7704622 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.571346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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It is known that one of starch branching enzyme (BE) isoforms, BEIIb, plays a specific role not only in the synthesis of distinct amylopectin cluster structure, but also in the formation of the internal structure of starch granules in rice endosperm because in its absence the starch crystalline polymorph changes to the B-type from the typical A-type found in the wild-type (WT) cereal endosperm starch granules. In the present study, to examine the contribution of BEIIb to the amylopectin cluster structure, the chain-length distributions of amylopectin and its phosphorylase-limit dextrins (Φ-LD) from endosperm and culm of a null be2b mutant called amylose-extender (ae) mutant line, EM10, were compared with those of its WT cultivar, Kinmaze, of japonica rice. The results strongly suggest that BEIIb specifically formed new short chains whose branch points were localized in the basal part of the crystalline lamellae and presumably in the intermediate between the crystalline and amorphous lamellae of amylopectin clusters in the WT endosperm, whereas in its absence branch points which were mainly formed by BEI were only located in the amorphous lamellae of amylopectin. These differences in the cluster structure of amylopectin between Kinmaze and EM10 endosperm were considered to be responsible for the differences in the A-type and B-type crystalline structures of starch granules between Kinmaze and EM10, respectively. The changes in internal structure of starch granules caused by BEIIb were analyzed by wide angle X-ray diffraction, small-angle X-ray scattering, solid state 13C NMR, and optical sum frequency generation spectroscopy. It was noted that the size the amylopectin cluster in ae endosperm (approximately 8.24 nm) was significantly smaller than that in WT endosperm (approximately 8.81 nm). Based on the present results, we proposed a model for the cluster structure of amylopectin in WT and ae mutant of rice endosperm. We also hypothesized the role of BEIIa in amylopectin biosynthesis in culm where BEIIb was not expressed and instead BEIIa was the major BE component in WT of rice.
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- Yasunori Nakamura
- Starch Technologies, Co., Ltd., Akita Prefectural University, Akita, Japan
- Akita Natural Science Laboratory, Katagami, Japan
- *Correspondence: Yasunori Nakamura,
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- Akita Natural Science Laboratory, Katagami, Japan
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- Faculty of Risk and Crisis Management, Chiba Institute of Science, Choshi, Japan
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan
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- Graduate School of Organic Materials Science, Yamagata University, Yonezawa, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
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- School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Nomi, Japan
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