... cuvette closed by a Teflon stopper. The oxygen was consumed by mostsubstrates within the mixing time as revealed by theimmediate bleaching of the TPQ 500 nm band and by theappearance of absorption ... the absence of H2O2,a specific inactivating reaction, without formation of the350 nm band, was induced by some aldehydes, notablyputrescine. Some mechanisms of inactivation are proposed.Keywords: ... Sciences ‘A. Rossi Fanelli’ and C.N.R. Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology,University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Rome, Italy;2Department of Biology, 3rd University of Rome, Rome, ItalyFor...