Structural features of five types of maize starch granule subgroups sorted by flow cytometry
Zhong Y. Li Y. Qu J. Zhang X. Seytahmetovna S.A. Blennow A. Guo D.
15 September 2021Elsevier Ltd
Food Chemistry
2021#356
Subgroups of starch granules from five maize phenotypes including waxy-, normal-, popcorn-, sweet corn- and high-amylose maize were sorted by flow cytometry (FC) utilizing the side scatter channel (SSC) and forward scatter channel (FSC). SSC and FSC mainly reflecting internal object complexity, and object size, respectively. Subgroups with higher FSC signal always showed higher SSC signal, indicating larger granules exhibited higher internal structural complexity. Wide-angle and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis showed that the subgroups showing high SSC signal intensity also had high lamellar scattering intensity, and low crystallinity. Vibrational transitions of bonds analyzed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR) showed that the subgroups of maize starches, except sweet corn starch, with high SSC signal had high intensities at 1045 and 1022 cm−1. Hence, our data demonstrate that the structural complexity detected by the SSC signal is mainly associated with lamellar and crystalline features of starch granules.
Crystalline structure , Flow cytometry , Granular complexity , Lamellar structure , Maize starch
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Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region, Ministry of Agriculture, College of Agronomy, Northwest A&F University, Yangling Shaanxi, 712100, China
Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
North Kazakhstan State University, Kazakhstan
Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Maize in Arid Area of Northwest Region
Department of Environmental and Plant Sciences
North Kazakhstan State University
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