TABLE 3.

Yeast strains containing different combinations of original and synthetic genes for l-arabinose utilization on four plasmids

Strain	Relevant enzymes	Plasmids carried	Specific growth rate (h−1)a
BWY1-SI	Synthetic isomerase, mutated kinase, original epimerase, Gal2 transporter	YEparaAsynth, YEparaBG361A, YEparaD, YEpGAL2	0.112 ± 0.005
BWY1-SK	Original isomerase, synthetic kinase, original epimerase, Gal2 transporter	YEparaA, YEparaBsynth, YEparaD, YEpGAL2	0.081 ± 0.005
BWY1-SE	Original isomerase, mutated kinase, synthetic epimerase, Gal2 transporter	YEparaA, YEparaBG361A, YEparaDsynth, YEpGAL2	0.083 ± 0.002
BWY1-SEK	Original isomerase, synthetic kinase, synthetic epimerase, Gal2 transporter	YEparaA, YEparaBsynth, YEparaDsynth, YEpGAL2	0.109 ± 0.006
BWY1-4S	Synthetic isomerase, synthetic kinase, synthetic epimerase, Gal2 transporter	YEparaAsynth, YEparaBsynth, YEparaDsynth, YEpGAL2	0.111 ± 0.004
BWY1-4M	Original isomerase, mutated kinase, original epimerase, Gal2 transporter	YEparaA, YEparaBG361A, YEparaD, YEpGAL2	0.081 ± 0.003

^aThe specific growth rates and the standard deviations are indicated.