What is meant by a unit of protein activity?
A “unit is defined as the concentration of protein required to induce half maximal activity (e.g. in ng/mL). This is also referred to as the ED50, or 50% effective dose. This method of expressing potency should only be used for proteins whose dose response curves are sigmoidal in shape (e.g. not chemotaxis assays).
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