The invention discloses a recombinant Escherichia coli zjut-ho1 and its application in the preparation of biliverdin, which is preserved in the Guangdong Microbial Culture Collection Center, with a preservation number of GDMCC No: 60372 and a preservation date of May 18, 2018. Address: 5th Floor, Building 59, Compound, No. 100 Xianlie Middle Road, Guangzhou City, Zip Code: 510075. The recombinant Escherichia coli expresses HO-1 with intracellular activity, and the recombinant Escherichia coli can be used as the HO-1 enzyme source, and hemin is used as the substrate to prepare biliverdin by biotransformation, which improves the production of biliverdin. way. Compared with the existing similar technologies, the present invention expresses ho1 from prokaryotic organisms in Escherichia coli of prokaryotic organisms, which has the advantages of high HO-1 activity and short culture period, and uses hemin as a substrate to make The yield of biliverdin is greatly improved, which is 2.6 times that of the recombinant Escherichia coli whole cell synthesis method.