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Published on: June 7, 2018
Thermal expansion behavior of A- and B-type amylose crystals in the low-temperature region
Kayoko Kobayashi1, Satoshi Kimura2, Philip-Kunio Naito3
1Research Institute for Sustainable Humonosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 811-0011, Japan.
Abstract:
The thermal expansion behaviors of A-type and B-type amylose crystals, which were prepared by recrystallization of short amylose chains synthesized by phosphorylase, were investigated using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction between 100 and 300K. For both types of crystals, the room-temperature phase (RT phase), which is the usually observed phase, transitioned to a low-temperature phase (LT phase), on cooling. The phase transitions took place reversibly with rapid changes in the unit-cell parameters around 200-270K. The differences between the RT and LT phase were investigated using solid-state (13)C NMR spectroscopy, which revealed there were changes in molecular chain conformations. These results suggest that the phase transition of water molecules on the crystalline surfaces affects the thermal behavior and structure of polysaccharide crystals.
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