| AAA+ | ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities |
| ADEP | Acyldepsipeptide |
| agr | Accessory gene regulator |
| AML | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| B. subtilis | Bacillus subtilis |
| ClpA | Caseinolytic protease subunit A |
| ClpC | Caseinolytic protease subunit C |
| ClpP | Caseinolytic protease proteolytic subunit |
| ClpS | Caseinolytic protease subunit S |
| ClpX | Caseinolytic protease subunit X |
| CSS | Cell surface signaling |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| E. faecalis | Enterococcus faecalis |
| hClpP | Human ClpP |
| hClpX | Human ClpX |
| HTS | High-throughput screening |
| Hsp90 | Heat shock protein-90 |
| Isd | Iron-regulated determinants |
| L. monocytogenes | Listeria monocytogenes |
| L. pneumophila | Legionella pneumophila |
| M. tuberculosis | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Mtb | Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
| Mpa | Mycobacterium proteasome-associated ATPase |
| N. gonorrhoeae | Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
| N. meningitidis | Neisseria meningitidis |
| P. aeruginosa | Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
| P. falciparum | Plasmodium falciparum |
| Pan | Proteasome-activating nucleotidase |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| S. aureus | Staphylococcus aureus |
| S. pneumoniae | Streptococcus pneumoniae |
| S. Typhimurium | Salmonella Typhimurium |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| WT | Wild-type |
| Z-LY-CMK | Benzyl ((S)-1-(((S)-4-chloro-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-oxobutan-2-yl)amino)-4-methyl-1-oxopentan-2-yl)carbamate |
| ΔclpP | clpP-defective mutant |