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The interaction with SA induces conformational changes in the MarR released from the promoter of the mar operon, turning on transcription. We constructed an SA-specific E. coli cell-based biosensor by fusing the promoter of the mar operon (PmarO) and the gene that encodes an enhanced green fluorescent protein (egfp). Because SA and aspirin are structurally similar, a biosensor for monitoring aspirin can be obtained by genetically engineering MarR to be aspirin (ASP)-responsive. To shift the selectivity of MarR toward ASP, we changed the residues around the ligand-binding sites by site-directed mutagenesis. We examined the effects of genetic engineering on MarR by introducing MarRs with PmarO-egfp into E. coli. Among the tested mutants, MarR T72A improved the ASP responses by approximately 3 times compared to the wild-type MarR, while still showing an SA response. Although the MarR T72A biosensor exhibited mutual interference between SA and ASP, it accurately determined the ASP concentration in spiked water and medicine samples with over 90% accuracy. 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