The invention discloses a recombinant
plasmid, a recombinant strain, recombinant
phycocyanin and application of the recombinant
plasmid, the recombinant strain and the recombinant
phycocyanin in mercury
ion detection. The invention further discloses a dual-mode mercury
ion biosensor based on the thermal-stability recombinant
phycocyanin and a preparation method and application of the dual-mode mercury
ion biosensor. The
biosensor based on the recombinant phycocyanin has
specific fluorescence response to trace mercury ions. The recombinant phycocyanin
pigment binding rate is higher than that of all reported recombinant phycocyanin, great
Stokes shift (288 nm) is shown, the mercury
ion selectivity is high, the
thermal stability is good, the prepared biosensor shows the characteristics of dual-mode output and ultra-sensitive sensing, the
detection limit under a
fluorescence-based mode is 2.94 nM, and the biosensor has good application prospects. And the
detection limit is 1.87 nM in a colorimetric mode based on
fluorescence. The
protein-based sensor is obtained from
escherichia coli, is simple and convenient, supports in-situ monitoring of a
smart phone, and is low in cost, excellent in performance and free of any
toxicity.