Enzymatic approaches for structuring starch to improve functionality

M Miao, JN BeMiller - Annual Review of Food Science and …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Starch is one of the most abundant renewable biopolymers in nature and is the main
constituent in the human diet and a raw material for the food industry. Native starches are …

Production and applications of amylose‐lipid complexes as resistant starch: recent approaches

L Li, Z Liu, W Zhang, B Xue, Z Luo - Starch‐Stärke, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Starches are glucose storage compounds in plants and are made up of relatively linear
amylose and the heavily branched amylopectin. Starch can be classified into three …

Short-chain glucan self-assembly for green synthesis of functional biomaterials: Mechanism, synthesis, and microstructural control

K Luo, X Zhu, YR Kim - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 - Elsevier
Short-chain glucan (SCG) is a linear homopolymer containing 10 to 50 glucose unit linked
with α (1, 4) glycosidic bonds. With its abundant, low-cost, nontoxic, biodegradable …

Amylosucrase as a transglucosylation tool: from molecular features to bioengineering applications

Y Tian, W Xu, W Zhang, T Zhang, C Guang… - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Amylosucrase (EC 2.4. 1.4, ASase), an outstanding sucrose-utilizing
transglucosylase in the glycoside hydrolase family 13, can produce glucans with only α-1, 4 …

Effects of fatty acid chain length on properties of potato starch–fatty acid complexes under partially gelatinization

L Wang, W Wang, Y Wang, G Xiong, X Mei… - … Journal of Food …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A series of starch–fatty acid samples were prepared using potato starch and
four fatty acids differing in their chain length, including lauric (C12), myristic (C14), palmitic …

Self-assembly of light-colored UV-absorbing lignin–starch microcapsules

SM You, JH Choi, KA Kim, H Kim… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The aromatic polymer kraft lignin (KL) is an effective UV absorber that has recently emerged
as a promising natural candidate for UV radiation filters in cosmetics. However, despite the …

Versatile biotechnological applications of amylosucrase, a novel glucosyltransferase

DH Seo, SH Yoo, SJ Choi, YR Kim, CS Park - Food science and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Amylosucrase (AS; EC 2.4. 1.4) is an enzyme that has great potential in the
biotechnology and food industries, due to its multifunctional enzyme activities. It can …

Construction of short-chain amylose beads embedded in calcium alginate and their anti-digestive mechanism

M Li, G Zou, L Zhou, J Tian, Y Qin, Q Sun - Food Hydrocolloids, 2024 - Elsevier
Resistant starch (RS), recognized as an innovative form of dietary fiber, plays a crucial role
in the formulation and advancement of foods. RS is aimed at stabilizing blood sugar levels …

Amylosucrase‐mediated β‐carotene encapsulation in amylose microparticles

CAM Letona, CS Park, YR Kim - Biotechnology progress, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The β‐carotene embedded amylose microparticles (BC‐AmMPs) were prepared in one‐step
by utilizing the unique catalytic activity of amylosucrase from Deinococcus geothermalis …

Identification of an α-(1,4)-Glucan-Synthesizing Amylosucrase from Cellulomonas carboniz T26

Y Wang, W Xu, Y Bai, T Zhang, B Jiang… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Amylosucrase, catalyzing the synthesis of α-(1, 4)-glucan from sucrose, has been widely
studied and used in carbohydrate biotransformation because of its versatile activities. In this …