In support of the involvement of PINK1 and Parkin in mitophagy, mutations in the human PINK1 and Parkin gene were found to result in autosomal recessive Parkinson’s disease (PD) that is featured by neurodegeneration in association with mitochondria dysfunction (Valente et al., 2004; McInerney-Leo et al., 2005; Corti et al., 2011; Pickrell and Youle, 2015). The gene discussed is PINK1; the disease is Parkinson disease.