| AOI | Area of interest |
| AS | Alignment score |
| BGC | Biosynthetic gene cluster |
| ComX | Precursor peptide of the quorum-sensing pheromone |
| GlyS | S-glycosyltransferase |
| HMM | Hidden Markov Model |
| HMP | Human microbiome project |
| LanB | Lanthipeptide dehydratase |
| LanC | Lanthipeptide cyclase |
| LanD | Lanthipeptide C-terminal decarboxylase |
| LanM | Class II lanthionine synthetase |
| LasC | Lactam synthetase (involved in Lasso peptide biosynthesis) homolog to Asn synthetase |
| MSA | Multiple sequence alignment |
| MFP | Membrane fusion protein |
| OMP | Outer membrane protein |
| ORF | Open reading frame |
| PCAT | Peptidase-containing ATP-binding transporter |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| RiPP | Ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptide |
| RMSD | Root-mean-square deviation |
| RPKM | Read per Kilobase per Million mapped reads |
| RRE | RiPP precursor recognition element |
| rSAM | Radical S-adenosylmethionine |
| SSN | Sequence similarity network |
| ThioE | Dehydrogenase (involved in thiopeptide, LAP, and cyanobactin biosynthesis) |
| TRP | Tetratricopeptide-like helical repeat |