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. 2019 Mar 12;119(9):5607–5774. doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.8b00538

Table 1. List of Abbreviations and Their Full Forms Used in This Article Given in Alphabetical Order.

abbreviation full form
ABC ATP binding cassette
AH amphipathic helix
ANTH AP180 N-terminal homology
APP amyloid precursor protein
AQP0 Aquaporin-0
BAR bin/amphiphysin/RVS domain
BK big potassium channels
BMP bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate
CEs cholesteryl esters
CL cardiolipin
CETP cholesteryl ester transfer protein
Ci-VSP PD voltage sensitive phosphatase PTEN domain
CO cholesteryl oleate
COMT catechol O-methyl transferase
CP actin-capping protein
cPLA2 PLA2 cytosolic
Cpx complexin
CRAC cholesterol recognition amino acid consensus motif
cryoEM cryogenic electron microscopy
CTB cholera toxin
CYP cytochrome P450
dDAT Drosophila dopamine transporter
DHA docosahexaenoic acid
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
EM electron microscopy
ENTH epsin N-terminal homology domain
EPR electron paramagnetic resonance
Exo70 exocyst complex component 7
FRET Förster resonance energy transfer
GABA(A) γ-aminobutyric acid receptor type A
GABAAR pentameric ligand gated ion-channel
GIVA PLA2 family in human group IVA
GltPH orthologous bacterial aspartate transporter
GPCR G protein-coupled receptors
GPMVs Giant plasma membrane-derived vesicles
GRP1 general receptor of phosphoinositides 1
GVIA PLA2 calcium-independent group VIA
hDAT human dopamine transporter
HDL high-density lipoprotein
Tm temperature of the main phase transition
HMMM highly mobile membrane mimetic
HOPS protein sorting complex
Hsc70 70 kDa heat shock protein
hSERT human serotonin transporter
HVR hypervariable region
IF inward-facing
KV voltage-gated potassium channels
LAT linker of activation of T cells
LC3 microtubule-associated protein light chain 3
Ld liquid-disordered
LDL low-density lipoprotein
LDs lipid droplets
LeuT bacterial leucine transporter
Lo liquid-ordered
MATs monoamine transporters
MB-COMT membrane-bound COMT
MD molecular dynamics
MD/MC molecular dynamics/Monte Carlo
MOA monoamine oxidase
MscL conductance mechanosensitive ion channel
Munc18a mammalian uncoordinated-18 protein
nAChR nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
NhaA Na+/H+ antiporter
nHDL nascent HDL
NMR nuclear magnetic resonance
NPC1 Niemann–Pick C protein 1
NPC2 Niemann–Pick C protein 2
NSF N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor
NSS neurotransmitter-sodium-symporter
OF outward-facing
Osh oxysterol binding protein
PH pleckstrin homology
PKCα protein kinase C-α
PLA2 phospholipase A2
PMF potential of mean force
PTEN-like phosphatase tensin-type domain
QM/MM quantum-mechanics/molecular mechanics
S1P1 sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1
SANS small angle neutron scattering
SAXS small angle x-ray scattering
SC stratum corneum
S-COMT water-soluble COMT
Sec3 exocyst complex component 1
SNARE soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein receptor
STED stimulated emission depletion microscopy
STxB Shiga toxin
Syt1 synaptotagmin-1
TAGs triacylglycerols
TAP antigen translocation complex
TGs triglycerides
TO triolein
TRPV1 transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1
t-SNARE membrane-attached SNARE
v-SNARE vesicle-attached SNARE
WALP tryptophan (W)-alanine (A)-leucine (L) peptide
α-TTP α-tocopherol transfer protein
β2AR β2-adrenergic receptor