Patent ID: 7851593

Claim:
A composition comprising: a mutated E. coli glucose/galactose binding protein having at least two amino acid substitutions in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, the at least two amino acid substitutions being selected from the group consisting of a cysteine at position 112 and a serine at position 238, a cysteine at position 149 and a serine at position 238, a cysteine at position 152 and a serine at position 213, a cysteine at position 213 and a cysteine at position 238, a cysteine at position 149 and an arginine at position 213, a cysteine at position 149 and a cysteine at position 213, a cysteine at position 149 and a threonine at position 213, a cysteine at position 149 and a leucine at position 213, a cysteine at position 149 and a tyrosine at position 213, a cysteine at position 149 and a serine at position 213, a cysteine at position 149 and an asparagine at position 223, a cysteine at position 149 and a cysteine at position 238, a cysteine at position 149 and a serine at position 256, a cysteine at position 149 and an arginine at position 256, a cysteine at position 152 and an arginine at position 213, a cysteine at position 152 and an asparagine at position 223, and a cysteine at position 213 and a cysteine at position 255.