Name of the laboratory:

Enzymology of Photosynthetic Carbon Assimilation

Phone:

(+994 12) 538 11 63

Fax:

(+994 12) 510 22 23

E-mail:

enzymologylab@imbb.science.az

Head of the laboratory:

Corresponding member of ANAS Novruz Mahammad Guliyev

Staff:

doctor of biological sciences, assoc.professor, principal researcher Shahniyar Mikayil Bayramov

doctor of biological sciences, assoc.professor, principal researcher  Hasan Garib Babayev      

Ph.D., assoc.professor, leading researcher Ulduza Ahmad Gurbanova 

Ph.D., leading researcher Taliyya Yagub Orujova 

Ph.D., senior researcher Esmer Bahruz Abdullayeva

junior researcher Sevinj Vagif Musayeva

senior laboratory assistant Firuza Suleyman Rzayeva 

senior laboratory assistant Nigar Yusif Aliyeva

Research directions of the laboratory:

Study of mechanisms of regulation of photosynthesis enzymes depending on environmental factors and daily rhythm in plants related to different pathways of photosynthetic assimilation of carbon

Main scientific achievements:

• Based on the study of the activity, protein amount and gene expression change dynamics of enzymes involved in the primary assimilation of carbon in some types of grains belonging to the C3 pathway of photosynthesis, it was shown that they play an important role in the stabilization of the rate of photosynthetic assimilation of CO2 and in the adaptation of plants against adverse environmental factors.
• For the first time, the species Sedum caucasicum, considered endemic to the Caucasian flora, was found to be an obligate CAM plant.
• Enzymes involved in malate metabolism were comparatively studied in C3 and C4 plants.
• The structural-functional organization of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme in higher plants was studied in detail. For the first time, the carbonic anhydrase enzyme isolated from the leaves of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) was crystallized and the molecular model of its quaternary structure was proposed.