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Amylose A(Revisit-2009)

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Fig.1 One quadrant of a typical X-ray diffraction diagram of a crystal obtained in 1 s during a 2° rotation. Inset: example of the intensity distribution across one of the diffraction spots (circled).

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Amylose A(Revisit-2009)

Linkage : alpha 1-4

Space Group : monoclinic B2

Unit Cell Dimensions (a, b, c in Å and α, β, γ in °)

(No values are displayed if no information is available or the value is zero)

a (Å) = 20.83 - b (Å) = 11.45 - c (Å) = 10.58 - γ (°) = 122.00

Helix Type : two intertwined 6-fold left-handed parallel double helices, packed in a parallel fashion and tightly nested into one another

Method(s) Used For Structure Determination : conventional X-ray structure determination techniques normally used for small molecules & synchrotron radiation microdiffraction data

Link to the Abstract : http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ma801789j

Reference :

Crystal Structure of A-amylose: A Revisit from Synchrotron Microdiffraction Analysis of Single Crystals
D. Popov, A. Buléon, M. Burghammer, H. Chanzy, N. Montesanti, J.-L. Putaux, G. Potocki-Véron?se, and C. Riekel, Macromolecules 2009, 42 (4), 1167?1174

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