Table 1.

Sugar utilization pathways controlled by non-orthologous LacI-TFs.

Sugar utilization pathway	LacI-TF orthologous groups
	Number of groups	Regulator examples
Glucose and glucosides	20	BglR, BglZ, CelR, AscG, KojR
Sucrose	11	CscR, ScrR, SuxR
Galactose and galactosides	10	BgaR, GalR, GanR, MsmR, EbgR, LacI, LacR
Ribose	9	RbsR
Maltose and maltodextrins	8	MalR, MdxR, MalI
Inositol	7	IolR
Gluconate and idonate	7	GntR, IdnR
Glucuronate and galacturonate	6	ExuR, KdgR, UxaR, UxuR
Mannose and mannosides	5	ManR
Fructose and fructooligosaccharides	5	FruR, BfrR
Trehalose	4	TreR, ThuR