Amano Enzyme Inc.

Shigezo Udaka

Norihiro Tsukagoshi

Kanako Suzuki

Hideo Yamagata

Takeo Kato

Noriyuki Kitamoto

It is intended to provide base sequences participating in the regulation of the expression of a promoter. It is also intended to modify a promoter based on the base sequence data to give a modified promoter having a high expression activity. Namely, a modified promoter constructed by inserting a first DNA fragment containing CCAATNNNNNN (SEQ ID NO:1) (a first base sequence) and a second DNA fragment containing CGGNNNNNNNNNGG (SEQ ID NO:2) (a second base sequence) into a promoter functioning in a filamentous fungus, wherein N in the base sequence denotes A (adenine), G (guanine), C(cytosine), or T (thymine).

Modified promoter

It is intended to provide a host microorganism whereby the expression of a gene encoding a target protein can be effectively elevated in the case of transferring the gene. It is also intended to provide a transformant whereby a target protein can be produced at a high efficiency. It is further intended to provide a production process whereby a target protein can be produced at a high productivity. A microorganism which belongs toand lacks the major isomaltose synthase. A gene encoding a target protein is transferred into the microorganism to give a transformant. Then the transformant is cultured under conditions allowing the expression of the transferred gene to thereby produce the protein.

Isomaltose synthase-knockout microorganism belonging eumycota

A novel .beta.-amylase gene is provided. This gene is useful for production of a thermophilic .beta.-amylase obtained from Clostridium thermosulfurogenes on a large scale, especially from genetically engineered microorganisms introduced with this gene. B. subtilis was transformed with a plasmid pNK1 containing the above gene and the transformed B. subtilis cells produced .beta.-amylase having the same thermostability as that of .beta.-amylase obtained from C. thermosulfurogenes.

.beta.-amylase gene

An improved vector for expression in Bacillus brevis having:

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Nagoya, Japan

Norihiro Tsukagoshi