The invention provides a method for biosynthesizing benzofuranone and 5-hydroxybenzofuranone. Firstly, Car is modified, CarAT is obtained and combined with phosphopantetheine
enzyme sfp to construct plasmids, wild
escherichia coli BW25113 serves as host
bacteria, 2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid serves as a substrate, 2, 5-
dihydroxyphenylacetic acid serves as a substrate, an addition experiment is conducted, and it is determined that the modified
enzyme can catalyze conversion of 2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid to generate benzofuranone and can catalyze conversion of 2, 5-
dihydroxyphenylacetic acid to generate 2, 5-
dihydroxyphenylacetic acid. The method comprises the following steps: converting 2, 5-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid into 5-hydroxybenzofuranone, then respectively performing overexpression on corresponding genes to increase precursor flux, and constructing related plasmids in combination with 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate
dioxygenase HPPD (4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate
dioxygenase) derived from
streptomyces coelicolor; wherein the HPPD can be used for converting
phenylpyruvic acid into 2-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and converting 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid into 2, 5-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid under the assistance of Fe < 2 + >, PZE-HPPD-PheAfbr-aroGfbr and PZE-HPPD-TyrAfbr-aroGfbr are respectively combined with PCS-CarAT-sfp, then a
de novo synthesis experiment is carried out by using wild
escherichia coli BW25113, and the
de novo synthesis of benzofuranone and 5-hydroxybenzofuranone is realized.