| cX | concentration of ion species X |
| pHi | refers to the internal pH, either the luminal/intra-lysosomal pH in SSME recordings, or the cytosolic pH in APC |
| pHo | refers to the external pH: in SSME recordings the cytosolic pH; in APC recordings the luminal/intra-lysosomal pH |
| I | current, in SSME referring to the peak current, in patch-clamp to the steady-state current; depends on the ion species and the driving forces (ion gradients and voltage) |
| Imax | maximum current, usually obtained from EC50 or IC50 fits |
| Imin | minimum current, usually obtained from EC50 or IC50 fits |
| pKa | pK value for downregulation of TMEM175 in acidic environments, obtained from a pH dependent fit of the recorded peak currents, using equations that consider either a single (I = Imax/(1 + 10pKa−pH)) or two (I = Imax1/(1 + 10pKa1-pH) + Imax2/(1 + 10pKa2−pH)) pK values |
| pKb | pK value for downregulation of TMEM175 in alkaline environments, obtained from a pH dependent fit of the recorded peak currents, using I = Imax/(1 + 10pH-pKb) |
| EC50 | empirical half saturation constant for a dose response curve of an enhancer/activator, obtained from the fit using the equation I = Imax − (Imax − Imin)/(1 + (c/EC50)n) |
| IC50 | same as EC50, used for dose response curves of inhibitors |
| n | Hill coefficient, used in EC50 and IC50 fits |
| PX | Permeability for ion species X |