The present invention relates to RSV
F protein mutants and their applications, belonging to the field of vaccines. Based on the
amino acid sequence of wild-type RSV
F protein, the present invention has carried out modifications in multiple aspects and in various ways, including
disulfide bond mutations,
proline mutations, cavity filling mutations, electrostatic mutations, p27 sequence modifications, and / or trimerization domain modifications, and designed a variety of RSV
F protein mutants. Then, through
gene synthesis, expression, and ELISA detection, the present invention tested the pre-fusion conformation (pre-F) ratio and stability under high and low temperature conditions of the RSV F
protein mutants, and screened out several RSV F
protein mutants with a relatively high pre-fusion conformation ratio and stable structure. Finally, candidate
antigen representatives were selected for
immunogenicity detection, which proved that they have good
immunogenicity and can be used for the development of RSV vaccines, the preparation of RSV-specific antibodies, or RSV detection reagents.