| CA | carbonic anhydrase |
| hCA | human carbonic anhydrase |
| bCA | bovine carbonic anhydrase |
| CAIs | carbonic anhydrases inhibitors |
| MMPs | matrix metalloproteinases |
| IOP | intraocular pressure |
| Ala | alanine |
| Asn | asparagine |
| Asp | aspartic acid |
| Arg | arginine |
| β-Ala | beta-alanine |
| β-PhSer | beta-phenylserine |
| Boc | tert-butyloxycarbonyl |
| Cys | cysteine |
| DOPA | (3′,4′-dihydroxy)phenylalanine |
| Fmoc | fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl |
| GABA | γ-aminobutyric acid |
| Gly | glycine |
| Gln | glutamine |
| Glu | glutamic acid |
| Ile | isoleucine |
| Kcat | turnover number |
| Kd | dissociation constant |
| Ki | inhibition constant |
| Leu | leucine |
| Lys | lysine |
| Met | Methionine |
| PDB | protein data bank |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| Phe | phenylalanine |
| PhGly | phenylglycine |
| Pro | proline |
| Ser | serine |
| Thr | threonine |
| Trp | tryptophan |
| Tyr | tyrosine |
| Val | valine |
| ZBG | zinc binding group |