A review of starch, a unique biopolymer - structure, metabolism and in planta modifications
- Starch is a complex carbohydrate polymer produced by plants and especially by crops in huge amounts. It consists of amylose and amylopectin, which have alpha-1,4-and alpha-1,6-linked glucose units. Despite this simple chemistry, the entire starch metabolism is complex, containing various (iso)enzymes/proteins. However, whose interplay is still not yet fully understood. Starch is essential for humans and animals as a source of nutrition and energy. Nowadays, starch is also commonly used in non-food industrial sectors for a variety of purposes. However, native starches do not always satisfy the needs of a wide range of (industrial) applications. This review summarizes the structural properties of starch, analytical methods for starch characterization, and in planta starch modifications.
| Author details: | Ardha ApriyantoORCiDGND, Julia CompartORCiD, Jörg FettkeORCiDGND |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2022.111223 |
| ISSN: | 0168-9452 |
| ISSN: | 1873-2259 |
| Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35351303 |
| Title of parent work (English): | Plant science : an international journal of experimental plant biology |
| Publisher: | Elsevier Science |
| Place of publishing: | Amsterdam [u.a.] |
| Publication type: | Review |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2022/05/01 |
| Publication year: | 2022 |
| Release date: | 2024/01/31 |
| Tag: | analytics; starch; starch modifications;; starch structure; starch surface |
| Volume: | 318 |
| Article number: | 111223 |
| Number of pages: | 8 |
| Funding institution: | Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG [DFG-FE1030/5-1, FE1030/6-1] |
| Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
| DDC classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
| License (German): |  CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
