This invention provides a method for producing allicinol from recombinant *
Escherichia coli* using
glycerol and glucose as substrates. Using *E. coli* K-12 as the substrate host, a pathway for the synthesis of allicinol from
glycerol and glucose is constructed by expressing genes fucA, yqaB, aldO, and rdh, and knocking out the glucose-specific
phosphotransferase system IIBC component
gene ptsG. Subsequently, genes mzwf, mgnd, alsE, and a6PP are introduced, while genes pfkA, gnd, and edd are knocked out to regulate the flux of the
glycolysis and
pentose phosphate pathways, thereby directing more carbon sources to the allicinol synthesis pathway. Finally, the
formate dehydrogenase gene fdh and the
glycerol kinase mutant gene glpK22 are introduced, and the
methylglyoxal synthase gene mgsA is knocked out to construct a
cofactor NADH cycle
system and optimize the allicinol synthesis pathway, thus enabling *E. coli* to efficiently produce allicinol from glycerol and glucose through
fermentation.