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Enzyme activity as given in katal generally refers thereto of the assumed natural target substrate of the enzyme. Enzyme activity also can tend as that of certain standardized substrates, like gelatin, then measured in gelatin digesting units (GDU), or milk proteins, then measured in milk clotting units (MCU). The units GDU and MCU are supported how briskly one gram of the enzyme will digest gelatin or milk proteins, respectively. 1 GDU equals approximately 1.5 MCU. An increased amount of substrate will increase the speed of reaction with enzymes, however once past a particular point, the speed of reaction will level out because the quantity of active sites available has stayed constant. the precise activity of an enzyme is another common unit. this is often the activity of an enzyme per milligram of total protein (expressed in μmol min−1 mg−1). Specific activity gives a measurement of enzyme purity within the mixture. it's the micro moles of product formed by an enzyme during a given amount of your time (minutes) under given conditions per milligram of total proteins. Specific activity is adequate to the speed of reaction multiplied by the quantity of reaction divided by the mass of total protein. The SI unit is katal/kg, but a more practical unit is μmol/mgmin. Specific activity may be a measure of enzyme processivity (the capability of enzyme to be processed), at a selected (usually saturating) substrate concentration, and is typically constant for a pure enzyme.      

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