Enzyme Unit (U or EU)
Enzyme Unit (U or EU) :
A unit used by biochemists to measure the activity of enzymes, which are proteins produced by living cells to cause or facilitate necessary chemical reactions within the cell. One enzyme unit is the quantity of enzyme needed to cause a reaction to process 1 micromole of substance per minute under specified conditions. Thus, one enzyme unit has a catalytic activity of 1/60 microkatal (μkt) or 16.667 nanokatals (nkt)
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