The invention provides a method for producing 
itaconic acid in 
escherichia coli, belonging to a method for efficiently producing 
itaconic acid in 
escherichia coli by simultaneously utilizing a multi-
enzyme assembly technology and a 
metabolic pathway transformation technology. The method for producing 
itaconic acid in 
escherichia coli comprises the following steps: (1) carrying out self-
assembly onthree key enzymes for synthesizing itaconic acid in cells, thus forming a multi-
enzyme complex, wherein the three key enzymes comprise 
citrate synthase gltA, cis-aconitase acnA and aconitate decarboxylase cadA; (2) carrying out 
metabolic pathway transformation on 
escherichia coli by adopting the 
Crispr / cas9 technology; and (3) transferring the multi-
enzyme complex into 
escherichia coli after themetabolic pathway transformation, thus constructing an 
escherichia coli engineering bacterium, and producing itaconic acid through 
fermentation. According to the method, the three key enzymes for synthesizing itaconic acid are taken as 
assembly objects, meanwhile, the 
Crispr / cas9 technology is adopted for transforming the metabolic pathways, thus the efficient production of itaconic acid in escherichia coli is realized, and a new path is provided for the industrial production of itaconic acid.