| Reagents | | | |
| 10 mM dNTP Mix | NEB | N0447S | PCR reactions (Tables 1, 3) |
| 10X PBS, pH 7.4 | Fisher | BP3994 | Staining buffer base (Steps 3.2–3.3) |
| 5X Q5 Reaction Buffer | NEB | B9027S | Sold separately; also included with Q5 polymerase |
| Agar, Bacto | BD Difco | 281230-500g | SDCAA agar plates (Table 5); 15 g/L |
| Agarose (Low-EEO/Multi-Purpose/Molecular Biology Grade) | Fisher BioReagents | BP160-500 | Gel Electrophoresis |
| Anti-FLAG PE Antibody | BioLegend | 637309 | FACS staining; PE-conjugated anti-FLAG |
| Anti-HA Tag Antibody [FITC] | GenScript | A01621 | FACS staining; FITC-conjugated anti-HA |
| Bacto Casamino Acids | BD Difco | 223120 | SDCAA+, SGCAA+, SCAA media (Table 5); 5 g/L |
| Bacto Peptone / Tryptone | RPI | T60060-10000.0 | LB/SOB media preparation; 20 g/L in YPD (Table 5) |
| BSA, Bovine Serum Albumin, Fraction V | Sigma-Aldrich | 126575-10GM | 0.5% in PBS; staining buffer (Steps 3.2–3.3) |
| BsmBI-v2 (200 U) | NEB | R0739S | Golden Gate assembly of substrate cassette (Table 8) |
| Calcium chloride solution (1M) | Sigma-Aldrich | 21115-100mL | Electroporation buffer: 1 mM final (Table 5) |
| ColiRollers® Plating Beads | Sigma-Aldrich | 71013-3 | Sterilize by putting in reagent bottles and autoclaving at 121ºC, 15 psi, for 15 mins. |
| D-Galactose | Thermo Fisher | A12813.30 | 250 g; 20% w/v stock for SGCAA+ induction (Table 5) |
| D-Sorbitol | Thermo Fisher | 1327300.10 | Electroporation buffer (1 M) and outgrowth media (Table 5) |
| Dextrose (D-Glucose), anhydrous | Sigma-Aldrich | G8270-1KG | YPD, SDCAA+, 20% w/v dextrose stock (Table 5) |
| Difco Yeast Nitrogen Base w/o Amino Acids | Sigma | Y0626-250G | 6.7 g/L in SDCAA/SGCAA (Table 5) |
| Difco YPD Broth (pre-mixed) | BD | 242820-500g | Pre-made YPD alternative; 500 g |
| DL-Dithiothreitol (DTT) | Sigma-Aldrich | D0632-1G | Conditioning buffer: 10 mM final; aliquot 250 μL, store −20°C |
| E.Z.N.A. CyclePure PCR Purification Kit | Omega Bio-tek | D6492-02 | PCR product cleanup |
| E.Z.N.A. Gel Extraction Kit | Omega Bio-tek | D2500-01 | Gel purification post-PCR and restriction digest (Steps 1.1.8, 1.3.2) |
| E.Z.N.A. Plasmid DNA Mini Kit I | Omega Bio-tek | D6942-02 | Plasmid purification (Step 4.2) |
| Glycerol (≥99%) | Fisher | BP229-4 | 50% v/v stock for glycerol stocks (Step 4.1.1) |
| Kanamycin Sulfate | Fisher | BP906-5 | SDCAA+ and SGCAA+: 50 μg/mL final; replaces Sigma K0879-5G |
| KLD Enzyme Mix | NEB | M0554S | Kinase-Ligase-DpnI; site-directed mutagenesis |
| KLD Reaction Buffer | NEB | B0554A | Used with KLD Enzyme Mix |
| LB Broth (Lennox) | Sigma-Aldrich | L3022-1KG | E. coli liquid culture |
| Lithium Acetate Dihydrate (LiOAc·2H2O) | Thermo Fisher | A17921.30 | Conditioning buffer: 0.1 M final; add before DTT (Table 5) |
| Luria Agar (Luria-Bertani Agar) | RPI | L24020-2000.0 | E. coli plating; replaces Sigma LB Agar Lennox L2897-1KG |
| OmniPur Casamino Acids | Sigma | 2240-500GM | Alternative casamino acids source |
| pDD1523 | Zenodo | 10.5281/zenodo. 20746804 | pCTCon2-TRP-CEN/ARS-Gal10-SPAga2-BsaI; Gal1-Aga2-sfGFP |
| pDD1524 | Zenodo | 10.5281/zenodo. 20746804 | pCTCon2-Aga2-6xHis-ENLYFQS-FLAG-ENLYFES-HA-ERS |
| Penicillin-Streptomycin Solution, 100X | Corning | 30-002-CI | SDCAA+, SGCAA+: 1X final |
| PstI-HF (5000 U) | NEB | R3140S | Vector linearization (Table 10); use HF version |
| Q5 HF DNA Polymerase | NEB | M0492S | High-fidelity polymerase; alternative to Q5 Hot Start |
| Q5 High GC Enhancer | NEB | B9028A | For high GC-content PCR reactions |
| Q5 Hot Start DNA Polymerase | NEB | M0491L | PCR assembly and amplification (Tables 1, 3) |
| rCutSmart Buffer (10X) | NEB | B6004S | Supplied with PstI-HF and SphI-HF (Table 10) |
| SalI-HF | NEB | R3138L | Additional restriction enzyme |
| SOC Medium | NEB | B9020S | Post-transformation recovery |
| Sodium Chloride (NaCl) | Fisher | S271-1 | LB / SOB media preparation |
| Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) | Fisher | S318-500 | Media pH adjustment |
| Sodium Phosphate Dibasic (Na2HPO4) | Sigma-Aldrich | S9763-500G | SDCAA plates, SCAA media: 38 mM (Table 5) |
| Sodium Phosphate Monobasic, anhydrous | VWR (BDH) | BDH4542-1KGP | SDCAA plates, SCAA media: 62 mM; replaces NaH2PO4·H2O monohydrate |
| SphI-HF (1000 U) | NEB | R3182S | Vector linearization in tandem with PstI-HF (Table 10) |
| Streptomycin | Life Technologies / Sigma | S6501-5g | Antibiotic |
| T4 DNA Ligase Buffer (10X) | NEB | B0202S | Table 6 |
| T4 Polynucleotide Kinase (500 U) | NEB | M0201S | Table 6 |
| T7 DNA Ligase (3000 U/mL) | NEB | M0318S | Table 8 |
| Yeast Extract | RPI | Y20020-5000.0 | YPD (10 g/L) and LB/SOB media |
| Zymolyase (1000 U) | Zymo Research | E1004-A | Yeast cell wall digestion for plasmid extraction (Step 4.2.2) |
| Zymoprep Yeast Plasmid Miniprep II | Zymo Research | D2004 | Yeast plasmid extraction; includes Solutions 1, 2, 3 (Step 4.2) |
| ZymoPURE II Plasmid Midi Kit | Zymo Research | D4201-B | Mid-scale plasmid prep; for larger-volume preparations |
| Equipment and Consumables | | | |
| Disposable Cuvettes, 1.5 mL | Fisher | 14-955-127 | For measuring OD600 of liquid cultures |
| Erlenmeyer Flask, 125 mL | VWR | 10536-912 | Pre-culture and conditioning incubation |
| Erlenmeyer Flask, 250 mL | VWR | 10536-914 | Yeast subculture |
| Erlenmeyer Flask, 250 mL | VWR | 75809-646 | Wide-mouth variant |
| Erlenmeyer Flask, 500 mL | VWR | 10536-926 | Main pre-culture flask (Step 2.3.1, 2.4.3) |
| Falcon 50 mL Conical Tubes | Falcon | 352070 | Cell washes, centrifugation throughout protocol |
| Flow Cytometry Sorter: BD Fusion | BD Biosciences | FACSAria Fusion Flow Cytometer (catalog number not applicable) | For Fluorescence-Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) |
| Gene Pulser/MicroPulser Electroporation Cuvettes, 0.2 cm gap | Bio-Rad | 1652086 | For electroporation of electrocompetent EBY100 |
| GenePulser Xcell Electroporation System | Bio-Rad | 1652660 | INSTRUMENT; 2.5 kV, 25 μF, 200 Ω (Step 2.7.6) |
| New Brunswick Innova 40R - Benchtop Orbital Shaker | Eppendorf | M12990084 | For yeast liquid culture incubation |
| Petri Dishes, 100 mm | Fisher | FB0875712 | YPD and SDCAA agar plates |
| SpectraMax QuickDrop UV-Vis Spectrophotometer | Molecular Devices | SpectraMax QuickDrop | For measuring OD600 of liquid cultures and DNA concentration |
| Vacufuge plus | Eppendorf | 2231001204 | For concentrating DNA |
| Software | | | |
| BD FACSDiva (Version: 8.0) | BD Biosciences | https://www.bdbiosciences.com/en-us/products/software/instrument-software/bd-facsdiva-software | Collection of tools for flow cytometer and application setup, data acquisition, and data analysis |
| Benchling (Version: Web-based platform, continuous release) | Benchling, Inc. | https://www.benchling.com/ | Sequence design software |
| SnapGene (Version: 8.0.1) | SnapGene, Inc. | https://www.snapgene.com/ | Sequence design software |