Table 1 Strains used in this study

E. coli K-12 MG1655

Wild-type strain

Miaoling Bio

BL21(DE3)

F^—ompT hsd SB(r_B^— m_B^—) gal dcm(DE3)

Angyubio

DH5α

F^—φ80 lacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169 endA1 recA1 hsdR17 (r_K^—m_K⁺) supE44λ^— thi-1 gyrA96 relA1 phoA

Angyubio

BL-1

Kan^R; E. coli BL21(DE3)/pET-28a

This study

BLtesA

Kan^R; E. coli BL21(DE3)/pET_tesA

This study

BLtesB

Kan^R; E. coli BL21(DE3)/pET_tesB

This study

BLte9

Kan^R; E. coli BL21(DE3)/pET_te9

This study

DHΔtesA

Kan^R; E. coli DH5α/pK18_la_tesA

This study

DHΔtesB

Kan^R; E. coli DH5α/pK18_la_tesB

This study

DHte9

Kan^R; E. coli DH5α/pK18_la_ te9

This study

DHtesA

Cm^R; E. coli DH5α/ pX_tesA

This study

DHtesB

Cm^R; E. coli DH5α/ pX_tesB

This study

DHte9

Cm^R; E. coli DH5α/ pX_te9

This study

WG

Wild-type C. glutamicum ATCC 13032

Lab collection

CGtesA

Cm^R; CGΔtesA/pX_tesA

This study

CGtesB

Cm^R; CGΔtesB/pX_tesB

This study

CGte9

Cm^R; CGΔte9/pX_te9

This study

CGΔtesA

C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 ΔtesA

This study

CGΔtesB

C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 ΔtesB

This study

CGΔte9

C. glutamicum ATCC 13032 Δte9

This study