This invention belongs to the field of
protein engineering and
biomedicine, and particularly relates to a water-soluble
membrane protein, a recombinant vector, a recombinant
host bacterium, and their modification methods and applications. The method involves the following steps: First, an interface
mutant is constructed based on the SQTY code, and its water
solubility and ligand
binding ability are evaluated. If the requirements are not met, multiple low-
impact transmembrane regions are screened, and after
mutation modification, the interface
mutant is introduced to construct a single-transmembrane combined
mutant, whose water
solubility and ligand
binding ability are evaluated. If the requirements are still not met, the multiple low-
impact transmembrane regions are combined in pairs, and the interface mutant is introduced to construct various double-transmembrane combined mutants, whose water
solubility and ligand
binding ability are evaluated, and the optimal double-transmembrane combined mutant is selected. This method rationally mutates CXCR4 in stages to achieve water solubility, minimizing changes to the
protein's structure and other physicochemical properties, thereby maintaining or even enhancing its binding ability to the ligand CXCL12.