Fucose-binding protein, method for producing same, and use of same

Abstract

The present invention aims to provide a fucose-binding protein that shows improved productivity in cases of expression in a host such as Escherichia coli, improved binding affinity to a fucose-containing sugar chain such as a sugar chain containing a structure composed of Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GlcNAc and/or Fucα1-2Galβ1-3GalNAc, and/or improved thermal stability. The above object is achieved by deleting a plurality of amino acid residues in the C-terminal side of the amino acid sequence of the fucose-binding protein BC2LCN of SEQ ID NO: 1, and, when necessary, substituting the glycine residue at position 36 in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a cysteine residue, substituting the glutamine residue at position 39 in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a leucine residue or methionine residue, substituting the glutamine residue at position 65 in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a leucine residue, substituting the cysteine residue at position 72 in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a glycine residue or alanine residue, substituting the glutamic acid residue at position 81 in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a cysteine residue, glutamine residue, histidine residue, or methionine residue, and/or substituting the glycine residue identified as the residue at position 36 in SEQ ID NO: 1 with a cysteine residue.

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