Identification and expression of a gfpK79R mutant of green fluorescent protein

A mutant strain of E. coli showing strong green fluorescence is obtained during the study of cloning and expression of blue fluorescent protein gene bfp. A recombinant plasmid pHN122 has been isolated. It is demonstrated by enzyme digestion, subcloning and sequence analysis that it contains both of bfp and gfpK79R mutant genes. The results of spectrometric analysis show that GFPK79R expressed by pHN122 is the same as the wild type GFP, but its fluorescent intensity is increased 1.25 - 2.44-fold.