Abstract: The invention relates to endostatin, protein, in particular, to N-terminal modified recombinant human endostatin (rhEndostatin) proteins which have an additional metal chelating peptide sequence at the N-terminal, the preparation thereof, and methods of modifying the rhEndostatin to improve its stability in vivo and in vitro, and its biological activity. The invention further related to the resulting N-terminal modified rhEndostatin protein, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and use of said modified rhEndostatin or its pharmaceutical composition in treating the angiogenesis-related diseases, especially angiogenesis-dependent tumors.