Table 1. Yeast strains used in this study.

Strain name	Strain genotype	Origin
W303-1a	MATa leu23/112 ura31 trp11 his311/15 ade21 can1100 GAL SUC2	Thomas and Rothstein (1989) [45]
YMR84	W303-1A with gpd1Δ::URA3	Martijn Rep (Amsterdam)*
YSH1583	W303-1A with pfk26Δ::KanMX	This study
YSH1585	W303-1A with pfk27Δ::KanMX	This study
YSH1586	W303-1A with pfk26Δ::KanMX pfk27Δ::KanMX	This study
YMT101	W303-1A with fsp1Δ::LEU2 Ylp-URA3-fps1-Δ1	Tamas et al., (1999) [8]
YSH2293	W303-1A with stl1Δ::KanMX	This study
YSH444	W303-1A with hog1Δ::TRP1	Albertyn et al,. (1994) [12]
	W303-1A with hog1-att	This study

*Strain YMR84 was kindly provided by Martijn Rep (Amsterdam) and contains a replacement of the GPD1 upstream region (−883 to +91) by the URA3 gene. The strains was generated using a PCR approach and does not express the GPD1 gene product.