Abstract
In this study, we found that a new artificial crystalline structure was fabricated from an amylose analog polysaccharide without hydroxy groups at the C-2 position, i.e., 2-deoxyamylose. The polysaccharide with a well-defined structure was synthesized by facile thermostable α-glucan phosphorylase-catalyzed enzymatic polymerization. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of the product indicated the formation of a specific crystalline structure that was completely different from the well-known double helix of the natural polysaccharide, amylose. Molecular dynamics simulations showed that the isolated chains of 2-deoxyamylose spontaneously assembled to a novel double helix based on building blocks with controlled hydrophobicity arising from pyranose ring stacking. The simulation results corresponded with the XRD patterns.
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