Enzymatic synthesis of amylose nanocomposite microbeads using amylosucrase from Deinococcus geothermalis†
Abstract
We introduce a biological approach to prepare pure amylose microbeads using the amylosucrase from Deinococcus geothermalis. SWCNTs could be incorporated readily into the amylose structure during enzymatic synthesis to form well-defined amylose–SWCNT composite microbeads through a self-assembly process of the synthesized amylose molecules and SWCNTs.