| CCCP | Carbonyl cyanide 3-chlorophenylhydrazone |
| DA | Dopaminergic |
| DUBs | Deubiquitinating enzymes |
| E1 | Ubiquitin-activating enzymes |
| E2 | Ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes |
| E3 | Ubiquitin-ligases |
| IMM | Inner mitochondrial membrane |
| JAMM | JAB1/MPN/MOV34 metallo-enzyme motif protease |
| MINDY | Motif interacting with Ub-containing novel DUB family |
| MJDs | Machado-Josephin domain proteases |
| MMP | Mitochondrial membrane potential |
| MPP | Mitochondrial processing peptidase |
| MPTP | 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine |
| OMM | Outer mitochondrial membrane |
| OTUs | Ovarian tumour proteases |
| PARL | Presenilin-associated rhomboid-like |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PINK1 | Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN)-induced kinase 1 |
| RBR | RING-between-RING |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| TIM | Translocase of the Inner Membrane complex |
| TOM | Outer Membrane complex |
| Ub | Ubiquitin |
| Ubl | Ubiquitin-like |
| UCHs | Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolases protease |
| USPs | Ubiquitin-specific proteases |
| ZUFSP/ZUP1 | Zing finger with the UFM1-specific peptidase domain protein |