The invention discloses a method for preparing
levodopa by virtue of an enzymic method. The method comprises the following steps: picking up an annular
stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain slant for
inoculation into a seed culture medium for culturing, thereby obtaining a primary seed liquid; inoculating a
fermentation culture medium with the primary seed liquid at the inoculum size of 3-10% for
fermentation culturing, centrifuging after the
fermentation is ended and collecting bacterial cells; and adding
tyrosine and the bacterial cells to a
buffer solution to have an enzymatic reaction under the conditions of 18-30 DEG C and the pH of 5.0-6.0, thereby converting the
tyrosine into the
levodopa. According to the method, due to the
resting cell transformation technology, and the preferred intermittent weak ventilation technology, adopted in the transformation process, the
catalytic efficiency of the
enzyme is improved; the concentration of the
levodopa is 27g / L and the
molar transformation rate of the
tyrosine is above 99%; and besides, the method is mild in conditions, high in enantio-selectivity and free from
racemization effect, is more suitable for industrial production, and has remarkable economic benefit and industrial application value.