Table 1.

The roles of motor proteins on mitochondria transport in neurons

Neuron compartment	Motor	Motor subunit	Organism	Cell type	Mobility (distribution/flux/movement)	Polarized sorting	References
Axon	Kinesin	KHC	Drosophila	Motor neuron	Reduced anterograde/retrograde flux	NT	[79]
		KHC	Drosophila	Da neurons of dorsal clusters	Reduced distribution	NT	[89, 90]
		KHC	Drosophila	Wing nerve	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	NT	[104]
		KHC	Mammals (Mouse)	Embryonic motor neuron	No defects	NT	[50]
		KHC	Mammals (Rat)	Primary hippocampal neurons	Reduced distribution/reduce anterograde movement	NT	[11]
		KHC	Mammals (Rat)	Primary hippocampus neuron	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	Yes	[107]
		KHC	Zebrafish	Peripheral sensory neurons	Reduced distribution	NT	[16]
		KHC	Zebrafish	Retinal ganglion	Reduce distribution/increase in retrograde movement	NT	[4]
		KHC	C. elegans	PHC sensory neurons	Reduced distribution/absent	No	[82, 114]
	Dynein	DHC	Drosophila	Motor neuron	Reduced retrograde flux	NT	[79]
		DHC	Drosophila	Wing nerve	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	NT	[104]
	Dynactin	Glued	Drosophila	Motor neuron	No defects	NT	[79]
		Arp	Drosophila	Larval segmental nerve	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	NT	[37]
		P150	Mammals	Primary hippocampus neuron	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	Yes	[107]
		Actr10	Zebrafish	Peripheral sensory	Reduced retrograde movement	NT	[25]
		P150a/b	Zebrafish	Peripheral sensory	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	NT	[25]
Dendrite	Kinesin	KHC	Drosophila	da neurons of dorsal clusters/	No defects	NT	[89, 90]
		KHC	C. elegans	PHC sensory neurons	Absent	No	[114]
		KHC	Mammals (Rat)	Hippocampal neuron	No defect	No	[107]
	Dynein	Dlic	Drosophila	da neurons of dorsal clusters	Reduced distribution	NT	[89, 90]
	Dynactin	P150	Mammals (rat)	Primary hippocampus neuron	Reduced anterograde/retrograde movement	Yes	[107]

NT not tested