Patent ID: 8648183

Claim:
A modified Taka-amylase promoter from Aspergillus oryzae comprising two or more CCAAT-SRE enhancer sequences 5′ upstream of a TATA box, wherein each of said two or more CCAAT-SRE enhancer sequences comprise a CCAAT sequence consisting of 5′-CCAATNNNNNN-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 1) and an SRE sequence consisting of 5′-CGGNNNNNNNNNGG-3′ (SEQ ID NO: 2) wherein said CCAAT sequence is 5′ upstream of said SRE sequence; wherein the modified promoter does not include a CCAAT sequence or SRE sequence between said TATA box and the CCAAT-SRE enhancer sequence proximal to said TATA box; and wherein the modified promoter is capable of functioning in a filamentous fungus.