AI from L. fermentum and β-galactosidase from T. thermophilus were co-expressed.
101 g/L lass="smallcaps">l-ribose with yield of 20.2% and productivity of 6.3 g/L h was obtained.
The orders of the encoding genes, SD, and AS length were optimized.
Cells showed balanced activity for two enzymes using optimized SD and AS sequence.