| AD | Apical domain |
| ANS | Anilino-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid |
| CD | Circular dichroism |
| C2-NTA | 3,3′-Dithiobis[N-(5-amino-5-carboxypentyl) propionamide-N,N’-diacetic acid] dihydrochloride |
| EthD-1 | Ethidium Homodimer-1 |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GFP-Syn | Green fluorescent protein-tagged human α-synuclein |
| GW | Hsp60 G190W mutant |
| IPTG | Isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside |
| MEM | Minimum Essential Medium |
| N2a | Neuro2a |
| Neo | Neomycin/kanamycin resistance gene |
| NHS | N-hydroxysuccinimide |
| 6-OHDA | 6-hydroxydopamine |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| PMSF | Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride |
| polyQ | Polyglutamine |
| QCM | Quartz crystal microbalance |
| RFU | Relative Fluorescence Unit |
| SAM | Self-assembled monolayer |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| sHsp | Small heat shock protein |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| ThT | Thioflavin T |
| WSC | 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide |
| WT | Hsp60 wild type |