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.