The application discloses a
mutant of glutamate-
cysteine synthetase and application of the
mutant in synthesis of
glutathione. Single-site
mutation is carried out on
amino acid residues at positions 150, 188, 235, 236, 241, 300, 301, 302 and 330 of wild-type glutamate-
cysteine synthetase (Glutamate-
cysteine ligase [EC:6.3.2.2]) from
Citrobacter koseri (strain ATCC BAA-895), and
mutant sites at positions 150, 236, 302 and 330 are screened. Mutants M1-M6 are obtained by combination
mutation of the mutant sites screened above, and the
enzyme activity of the mutant M4 with the highest activity is increased by 477% compared with that of the wild-type glutamate-cysteine synthetase. The mutant M4 is used to catalyze synthesis of
glutathione, and the highest concentration reaches 23 g / L, which is increased by 4.2 times compared with the
wild type, and the production cost is greatly reduced, so the mutant has important application value.