The invention discloses a
chitosanase BsCsn46A
mutant and application of the
chitosanase BsCsn46A
mutant in preparation of chitotetraose, and belongs to the field of
enzyme engineering. The
chitosanase mutant with the chitotetraose production potential is obtained by mutating key sites of a chitosanase substrate channel. The GH46 family
glucoside hydrolase chitosanase (BsCsn46A) is derived from
bacillus subtilis, and the
amino acid sequence of the GH46 family
glucoside hydrolase chitosanase is as shown in SEQ ID NO: 1. Specifically, the 50
amino acid residue of BsCsn46A is subjected to saturation
mutation, mutants with the chitotetraose producing potential are screened out, and the mutants are T50V, T50G, T50Y, T50L, T50F, T50S, T50I, T50R, T50C, T50D, T50P, T50Q, T50H and T50N, and the mutants are T50V, T50G, T50Y, T50L, T50F, T50S, T50I, T50R, T50C, T50D, T50P, T50Q, T50H and T50N. Through
hydrolysis result analysis, compared with a
wild type hydrolysate, the chitosanase mutant has the potential of producing chitotetraose.