Waxy maize (0 % amylose), potato (21 % amylose) and amylomaize (70 % amylose) starches were obtained from Cerestar UK Ltd.
163The independent localisation of amylose and amylopectin in a range of dry and hydrated native starch granules with varying amylose content (0-70 %) has been indirectly visualised using enzyme-gold cytochemical markers. Increasing amylose content was clearly demonstrated to result in distinct changes in granule architecture. In the absence of amylose (waxy maize starch) a framework of closely packed concentric layers of amylopectin exists in the granules. Low amylose content (potato starch) results in alternating layers of densely packed amylopectin and amylose molecules. High amylose content (amylomaize
Localisation of Amylose and Amylopectin in Starch Granules Using Enzyme-Gold LabellingNeil J. Atkin, Sophia L. Cheng, Rukmal M. Abeysekera and Anthony W. Robards, Heslington, York (United Kingdom) starch) granules were shown to possess an amylopectin centre surrounded by an amylose periphery encapsulated by an amylopectin surface. Elongated granules without the amylopectin centre were also observed in high amylose starches suggesting a relationship between amylopectin, amylose and granule shape. A model of starch granule architecture is proposed where increased compartmentalisation of amylose and amylopectin is observed in granules containing increasing levels of amylose.
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