Table 1.

Yeast strains used in this study.

Strains	Description	Source
YS58	MATα flo1 ura3‐52 leu2‐3,112 his4‐519 trp1‐789	Teunissen et al. (1993)
YS58‐tHMGR	YS58, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐tHMG1‐T CYC1	This work
YS58‐HbHMGR	YS58, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐HbHMG1‐T CYC1	This work
YS58‐CrHMGR	YS58, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐CrHMG1‐T CYC1	This work
YS58‐YlHMGR	YS58, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐YlHMG1‐T CYC1	This work
YS58‐EfMvaE	YS58, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐EfmvaE‐T CYC1	This work
YS58‐EfHMGR	YS58, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐EfHMGR‐T CYC1	This work
YS58‐GAD1	YS58, Δadh2::P TEF2 ‐GAD1‐T SUP4	This work
YS58‐PAN6	YS58, Δadh2::P TEF2 ‐PAN6‐T SUP4	This work
YS58‐CAB1	YS58, Δadh2::P TEF2 ‐CAB1‐T SUP4	This work
YS58‐GPC	YS58, Δadh2::P TEF2 ‐GAD1‐T SUP4 ‐P IRA1 ‐PAN6‐T SUP4 ‐ P PGK1 ‐CAB1‐T SUP4	This work
YS58‐ScE1G	YS58 containing plasmid pYC‐SEGA	This work
YS58‐PpE1G	YS58 containing plasmid pYC‐PEGA	This work
YS58‐HpE1G	YS58 containing plasmid pYC‐HEGA	This work
YS58‐PrE1G	YS58 containing plasmid pYC‐XEGA	This work
YS58‐PrE1	YS58 with replacement of wild‐type ERG1 promoter by P. rhodozyma ERG1 promoter	This work
YEH‐56	S. cerevisiae with high sterol pathway activity	He et al. (2000)
SQ‐3	YEH‐56 with overexpression of ERG10, ERG13, tHMG1, ERG12, ERG8, ERG19, IDI1, ERG20 and ERG9	Zhou et al. (2021)
SQ3‐EfHMGR	SQ‐3, Δhmg1::P TEF1 ‐EfHMGR‐T HMG1	This work
SQ3‐1	SQ‐3, Δcit2::P IRA1 ‐EfHMGR‐T CIT2	This work
SQ3‐2	SQ3‐1, Δmls1::P IRA1 ‐gapC‐T MLS1	This work
SQ3‐3	SQ3‐2, Δpdc1::P TEF2 ‐CDC19‐linker‐PDC1‐T PDC1	This work
SQ3‐4	SQ3‐3, Δadh2::P TEF2 ‐GAD1‐T SUP4 ‐P IRA1 ‐PAN6‐T SUP4 ‐P PGK1 ‐CAB1‐T ADH2	This work
SQ3‐5	SQ3‐4 with replacement of wild‐type ERG1 promoter by P. rhodozyma ERG1 promoter	This work
SQ‐3‐CPS	SQ‐3 containing plasmid pYE‐CPS	This work
SQ3‐4‐CPS	SQ3‐4 containing plasmid pYE‐CPS	This work