Enzyme unit many kinds of substance besides enzymes (for example, vitamins and hormones). Enzyme unit The enzyme unit (symbol U or sometimes EU) is a unit for the amount of a particular enzyme. One U is defined as the amount of the enzyme that produces a certain amount of enzymatic activity, that is, the amount that catalyzes the conversion of 1 micro-mole of substrate per minute. The conditions also have to be specified: one usually takes a temperature of 25°C and the pH value and substrate concentration that yield the maximal substrate conversion rate. The enzyme unit was adopted by the International
Work (physics) "weight "lifted" through a height", which is based on the use of early steam engines to lift buckets of water out of flooded ore mines. According to Dugas, it is to Solomon of Caux "that we owe the term "work" in the sense that it is used in mechanics now". The SI unit of work is the joule (J). The SI unit of work is the joule (J), which is defined as the work expended by a force of one newton through a displacement of one metre. The dimensionally equivalent newton-metre (N⋅m) is sometimes used as the measuring unit for