Cellulase unit

A Cellulase Unit is a unit of measurement for the enzyme Cellulase. One Cellulase Unit (CU) is that activity that will produce a relative fluidity change of one in 5 minutes in a defined carboxymethylcellulose substrate under the conditions of an assay (50 deg Celsius, pH 4.5).[1] Cellulases enzymatically split cellulose[2] into a variety of hexoses, this is called hydrolysis.

References

  1. Eagle Pack Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine., additional text.
  2. GMO Database, function and food application.


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