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David A. Parker

Researcher at Royal Dutch Shell

Publications -  43
Citations -  2152

David A. Parker is an academic researcher from Royal Dutch Shell. The author has contributed to research in topics: Bagasse & Cofactor. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 39 publications receiving 1814 citations. Previous affiliations of David A. Parker include Aberystwyth University & University of Exeter.

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Metabolomic analysis reveals a common pattern of metabolic re-programming during invasion of three host plant species by Magnaporthe grisea.

TL;DR: The results suggest that fungal pathogens deploy a common metabolic re-programming strategy in diverse host species to suppress plant defence and colonize plant tissue.
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Synthesis of customized petroleum-replica fuel molecules by targeted modification of free fatty acid pools in Escherichia coli

TL;DR: Production of petroleum-replica hydrocarbons in Escherichia coli is reported on to demonstrate the ability to design and implement artificial molecular pathways for the production of renewable, industrially relevant fuel molecules.
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New cofactor supports α,β-unsaturated acid decarboxylation via 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition

TL;DR: It is shown that Fdc1 is solely responsible for the reversible decarboxylase activity, and that it requires a new type of cofactor: a prenylated flavin synthesized by the associated UbiX/Pad1, which offers new routes in alkene hydrocarbon production or aryl (de)carboxylation.
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Brachypodium distachyon: making hay with a wild grass

TL;DR: Brachypodium distachyon is a wild grass with a short life cycle and accessions collected from across its ancestral range show a surprising degree of phenotypic variation in many traits, including those implicated in domestication of the cereals.
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UbiX is a flavin prenyltransferase required for bacterial ubiquinone biosynthesis

TL;DR: The mechanism for formation of a new flavin-derived cofactor required for the decarboxylase activity of UbiD is established, extending both flavin and terpenoid biochemical repertoires.