| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| CHCH | Coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix |
| CMT2 | Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease type 2 |
| COX | Cytochrome c oxidase |
| DLB | Dementia with Lewy bodies |
| FTD | Frontotemporal lobe dementia |
| IMS | Mitochondrial intermembrane space |
| Mia40 | Mitochondrial intermembrane space import and assembly protein 40 kDa |
| MTS | Mitochondrial targeting sequence |
| MICOS | Mitochondrial contact site complex |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| ROS | Redox oxygen species |
| SMAJ | Jokela type spinal muscular atrophy |
| TDP-43 | TAR DNA binding protein of 43 kDa |
| ∆ψm | Mitochondrial membrane potential |