The invention relates to the field of
synthetic biology and
fermentation engineering, and discloses a preparation method and application of high-specific-activity
phenylalanine ammonialyase cells, and the preparation method comprises the following steps: in a
cell growth period, adopting a DO-stat feeding strategy fed back by a dissolved
oxygen concentration, and monitoring and controlling the
acetic acid concentration to be below a preset threshold value in a linkage manner, so as to obtain high-specific-activity
phenylalanine ammonialyase cells; the inhibition of overflow
metabolism on
cell growth is avoided; and after the cells reach a preset
high density,
target protein expression is induced under a low-temperature condition. The obtained
cell is used as a whole-cell catalyst, or after being immobilized, the cell is used for catalyzing
deamination of L-
phenylalanine to efficiently synthesize trans-
cinnamic acid. According to the method disclosed by the invention, the contradiction between high-density culture and high-activity expression is solved through a coordinated regulation strategy, and the obtained cell catalyst has the characteristics of high
thallus density and strong
enzyme specific activity, and shows the beneficial effects of high conversion rate, good product purity, strong stability after immobilization and repeated recycling in catalytic application.