Table 2.

The inability to generate karmellae did not correlate with relative amount of HMG-CoA reductase protein expressed

Protein expressed	Relative protein amount	Karmellae observed (%)	Karmellae expected (%)
wild-type Hmg1p	1.00	35	35
Hmg1mem:HA	0.70	0	25
Hmg1mem:GFP	0.90	0	32
Hmg1Δ29p	0.85	1	30
Hmg1mem:Hmg1525–987GFP	0.94	45	33
Hmg1mem:Hmg2cat	0.90	26	32
Hmg1mem:β-galactosidase	0.85	46	30
Hmg1mem:β-galΔ20	0.81	33	28