The invention discloses an LbCas12a
protein mutant as well as a preparation method and application thereof, the LbCas12a
protein mutant is obtained by performing K390A or K945A
mutation on a
wild type LbCas12a
protein, and the
amino acid sequence of the
wild type LbCas12a protein is as shown in SEQ ID NO. 1. According to the present invention, the LbCas12a protein is subjected to directional modification, the
alanine mutation occurs at the K390 / K945 site, the LbCas12a-K390A protein
mutant and the LbCas12a-K945A protein mutant are prepared, the protein mutants obtained based on the method provide a series of significant advantages in function, and the
solid foundation is laid for the application of the protein mutants in multiple fields. Through Michaelis-Menten
kinetic analysis, it is observed that when the LbCas12a-K390A / K945A protein mutant prepared through the method and the
wild type LbCas12a
protein target the same dsDNA target, the
catalytic efficiency of the LbCas12a-K390A / K945A protein mutant is 42.1 times that of the wild type LbCas12a, and the
catalytic efficiency of the LbCas12a-K390A / K945A protein mutant is 707.9 times that of the wild type LbCas12a, and the
catalytic efficiency of the LbCas12a-K390A / K945A protein mutant is 707.9 times that of the wild type LbCas12a. The results show that K390 and K945 are mutated into
alanine, so that the affinity of the LbCas12a protein to a substrate can be increased to a certain extent, and the LbCas12a protein has higher trans-cleavage activity.