| ALIX | Apoptosis-linked gene-2-interacting protein X |
| BAR | Bin-Amphiphysin-Rvs |
| BLI | BLISTER |
| CCDC | Coiled-Coil Domain-Containing |
| CI-MPR | Cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor |
| CLASP1 | Cytoplasmic linker-associated protein 1 |
| COMMD | Commander |
| CPY | Carboxypeptidase Y |
| DSCR3 | Down syndrome critical region 3 |
| EE | Early endosome |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| ESCRT | Endosomal sorting complex required for transport |
| FREE1 | FYVE DOMAIN PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR ENDOSOMAL SORTING 1 |
| GEF | Guanine nucleotide exchange factor |
| GTPase | Guanosine triphosphate-activating protein |
| ILV | Intraluminal vesicles |
| LE | Late endosome |
| MBV | Multivesicular body |
| PI3P | Phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate |
| PIN1 | Pin-formed |
| RAB | ras-associated binding |
| RFP | Red fluorescent protein |
| SCAR | Suppressor of cAMP receptor |
| SNX | Sorting nexin |
| TGN | trans-Golgi network |
| VPS | Vacuolar protein sorting |
| VSR | Vacuolar sorting receptor |
| VTI | VPS10 interacting |
| WASH | Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome |