Cellulase unit

A cellulase unit (CU) is a unit of measurement for the enzyme cellulase. One cellulase unit 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 cellulose² into a variety of hexoses, this is called hydrolysis.

References

Eagle Pack Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, additional text.
GMO Database Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, function and food application.

[Eagle_Pack-1] Eagle Pack Archived February 21, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, additional text.

[GMO_Database-2] GMO Database Archived 2009-06-27 at the Wayback Machine, function and food application.

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