The invention discloses a high-expression
nitrile hydratase
fermentation process which comprises the following steps: marking a strain on an LB plate culture medium, and culturing for 16 hours in a constant-temperature
incubator at 37 DEG C; selecting
monoclonal cells, transferring the
monoclonal cells into a 40ml LB culture medium
shake flask, and carrying out
shake flask culture at 37 DEG C and 220rpm for 8 hours; transferring 40mL of the primary seed solution into a 150ml secondary seed culture medium
shake flask, and carrying out shake cultivation for 8 hours at 37 DEG C and 220rpm (
revolutions per minute); transferring 150mL of the secondary seed solution into a 10L
fermentation tank filled with a
fermentation culture medium, carrying out fermentation culture at 37 DEG C until OD60060 or so, cooling to 24 DEG C, and adding an
inducer for induction; fermenting and culturing in a tank: detecting the OD value of the fermentation liquor, sampling every 6-8 hours, detecting the OD value and the
enzyme activity of the fermentation liquor, and putting in the tank until the
enzyme activity does not rise any more. According to the method, fermentation conditions of screened strains are optimized, so that the unit
enzyme activity of
nitrile hydratase is improved, the use amount of bacterial
sludge is reduced, the fermentation period is shortened, and the production cost is reduced.