| 2D-DIGE | Two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis |
| AD | activation domain |
| APEX | an engineered ascorbate peroxidase |
| BAK1 | BRI1-associated kinase 1 |
| BAP | biotin acceptor peptide |
| BD | binding domain |
| BEH1-4 | BES1/BZR1 homolog 1-4 |
| BES1 | BRI1 ethyl methanesulfonate suppressor 1 |
| BES1-h | The BES1 hextuple mutants |
| BiFC | bimolecular fluorescence complementation |
| BIN2 | BR-insensitive 2 |
| BioID | biotin identification |
| BirA* | a BirA mutant |
| BKI1 | BRI1 kinase inhibitor 1 |
| BLINC | biotin labeling of intercellular contacts |
| BRI1 | BR-insensitive 1 |
| BRs | Brassinosteroids |
| BRZ | brassinazole |
| BSKs | BR signaling kinases |
| BSLs | BSU1 like |
| BSU1 | BRI1-suppressor 1 |
| BZR1 | brassinazole resistant 1 |
| bzr1-1D | bzr1-1 Dominant |
| CDG1 | constitutive differential growth 1 |
| CoSMoS | colocalization single-molecule spectroscopy |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| DSBs | double-strand breaks |
| EMARS | enzyme-mediated activation of radical source |
| EMS | ethyl methanesulfonate |
| FCS/FCCS | fluorescence correlation spectroscopy/fluorescence cross-correlation spectroscopy |
| FRET | Förster-type resonance energy transfer |
| gRNA | guide RNA |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| ID-PRIME | interaction-dependent probe incorporation mediated by enzymes |
| LA | lipoic acid |
| LC–MS/MS | liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry |
| MAKR1 | Membrane-associated kinase regulator |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| NLRs | nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeats |
| NPH3 | nonphototropic hypocotyl 3 |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| PCH | photon counting histogram |
| PHOT1 | Phototropin 1 |
| PL | proximity labeling |
| POI | protein of interest |
| PP2A | protein phosphatase 2A |
| PPIs | protein–protein interactions |
| PUP-IT | pupylation-based interaction tagging |
| RNP | ribonucleoprotein |
| SnRK2.2/2.3/2.6 | Snf1-related Kinase 2.2/2.3/2.6 |
| SPARK | specific protein association toll giving transcriptional readout with rapid kinetics |
| SPPLAT | selective proteomic PL using tyramide |
| T-DNA | Transfer DNA |
| TIR | toll/interleukin-1 receptor |
| TIRFM | total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy |
| TMV | tobacco mosaic virus |
| TTL | transthyretin-like protein |
| UBR7 | a putative E3 ubiquitin ligase |
| VA-TIRFM | variable-angle total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy |
| Y2H | yeast two-hybrid |