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The activity of plasmin and plasminogen is expressed in CU. What is this, and what is the equivalent in nkat?

April 26, 2017activity CU equivalent expressed plasmin plasminogen

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The activity of plasmin and plasminogen is expressed in CU. What is this, and what is the equivalent in nkat?

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CU stands for Casein Units, and is a measure of the proteolytic activity on the substrate casein. For example, a plasminogen reagent when activated to plasmin with streptokinase can show an activity of 7.3 nkat (S-2251) per CU. 1 mg of plasmin corresponds to 0.20 nkat (S-2251), or to 0.024 CU.