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. 2012 Feb 21;31(6):1336–1349. doi: 10.1038/emboj.2012.38

Table 1. Neurodegenerative disorders associated with components of the mitochondrial QC system.

Name Location Process Disease
Intramitochondrial quality control
Paraplegin/SPG7 (m-AAA protease) IM, M Degradation of non-native proteins; protein processing Hereditary spastic paraplegia, AR (Casari et al, 1998)
AFG3L2 (m-AAA protease) IM, M Degradation of non-assembled and damaged proteins; protein processing Spinocerebellar ataxia SCA28, AD (Di Bella et al, 2010)
      Spastic ataxia neuropathy syndrome, AR (Pierson et al, 2011)
HTRA2/OMI IMS Degradation of damaged proteins; regulation of apoptosis Parkinson's disease (?)
PARL IM Processing of PINK1, anti-apoptotic activity Parkinson's disease
PreP M Degradation of presequences and oligopeptides, Aβ degradation Alzheimer's disease (?)
HSP60 M Protein folding, protection against heat stress Hereditary spastic paraplegia, AD (Hansen et al, 2002); Mit-CHAP60, AR (Magen et al, 2008)
       
Organellar quality control
Mfn2 OM, MAM Fusion of OM, axonal transport of mitochondria, ER-mitochondria interaction Charcot-Marie Tooth diseases 2A, AD (Zuchner et al, 2006)
OPA1 IM, IMS Fusion of IM, cristae morphogenesis, mtDNA stability Dominant optic atrophy, AD (Alexander et al, 2000; Delettre et al, 2000)
GDAP1 IM Mitochondrial fission Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease 4A, AD, AR (Baxter et al, 2002)
Parkin Cyt, OM Mitophagy Parkinson's disease (Kitada et al, 1998)
PINK1 IM, OM Mitophagy Parkinson's disease (Valente et al, 2004)
AD, autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive; IM, inner membrane; IMS, intermembrane space; M, matrix; MAM, mitochondria-associated membrane; OM, outer membrane.
Genes unambiguously identified in neurodegenerative diseases are referenced.
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