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ArticleNature communications2025

Structural recognition and stabilization of tyrosine hydroxylase by the J-domain protein DNAJC12.

Mary Dayne S Tai, Lissette Ochoa, Marte I Flydal, Lorea Velasco-Carneros, Jimena Muntaner, César Santiago, Gloria Gamiz-Arco, Fernando Moro, Kunwar Jung-Kc, David Gil-Cantero and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2026
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  3. DNAJC12 Stabilizes Phenylalanine Hydroxylase and Facilitates Its Substrate-Dependent Activation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Mary Dayne S TaiDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-5963-6500
Lissette OchoaCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9594-3735
Marte I FlydalDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4070-8367
Lorea Velasco-CarnerosInstituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC) and Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, Leioa, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1296-9498
Jimena MuntanerCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-8353-5007
César SantiagoCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5149-1722
Gloria Gamiz-ArcoDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9883-3542
Fernando MoroInstituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC) and Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, Leioa, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3568-3388
Kunwar Jung-KcDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6745-7318
David Gil-CanteroCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7761-2687
Miguel MarcillaCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9171-5076
Juha P KallioDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3092-4012
Arturo MugaInstituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC) and Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), Barrio Sarriena, Leioa, Spain.
José María ValpuestaCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. jmv@cnb.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7468-8053
Jorge CuéllarCentro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), Madrid, Spain. jcuellar@cnb.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7789-807X
Aurora MartinezDepartment of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. aurora.martinez@uib.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-6506

Funding

L. Meltzers Høyskolefond (Meltzer Research Fund) (Project 103578Stiftelsen Kristian Gerhard Jebsen (Kristian Gerhard Jebsen Foundation) SKJ-MED-02; Center for Research in Parkinson's Disease
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic variants of the J-domain protein DNAJC12 cause parkinsonism, which is associated with a defective interaction of DNAJC12 with tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), the rate-limiting enzyme in dopamine biosynthesis. In this work, we characterize the formation of the TH:DNAJC12 complex, showing that DNAJC12 binding stabilizes both TH and the variant TH-p.R202H, associated with TH deficiency. This binding delays their time-dependent aggregation in an Hsp70-independent manner, while preserving TH activity and feedback regulatory inhibition by dopamine. DNAJC12 alone barely activates Hsc70 but synergistically stimulates Hsc70 ATPase activity when complexed with TH. Cryo-electron microscopy supported by crosslinking-mass spectroscopy reveals two DNAJC12 monomers bound per TH tetramer, each embracing one of the two regulatory domain dimers, leaving the active sites available for substrate, cofactor and inhibitory dopamine interaction. Our results also reveal the key role of the C-terminal region of DNAJC12 in TH binding, explaining the pathogenic mechanism of the DNAJC12 disease variant p.W175Ter.

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HSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseCryoelectron MicroscopyDopamineHSC70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansModels, MolecularProtein BindingProtein DomainsDNAJA1 protein, humanDopamineHSC70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHSP40 Heat-Shock ProteinsTyrosine 3-Monooxygenase

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PMID40113792
PMCPMC11926245

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