| ADP | adenosine diphosphate |
| AMD | atomistic molecular dynamics |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| ATPase | adenosine triphosphatase |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| ϕ | nucleotide free |
| INT | intermediate |
| MT | microtubule |
| NBP | nucleotide-binding pocket |
| NL | neck linker |
| 1HB | one-head-bound |
| 2HB | two-heads-bound |
| WT | wild type |