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
Gas constant "V" is the volume of gas (SI unit cubic metres), "n" is the amount of gas (SI unit moles), "m" is the mass (SI unit kilograms) contained in "V", and "T" is the thermodynamic temperature (SI unit kelvins). "R" is the molar-weight-specific gas constant, discussed below. The gas constant is expressed in the same physical units as molar entropy and molar heat capacity. From the general equation "PV" = "nRT" we get: where "P" is pressure, "V" is volume, "n" is number of moles of a given substance, and "T" is temperature. As pressure is defined as force per unit