ACC	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
ADaM	Allosteric drug and metabolite (binding site on AMPK heterotrimer)
AICA	5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide
α-AID	Autoinhibitory domain of the AMPK-α subunit
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
ARK	AMPK-related kinase
ASA	Acetyl salicylic acid
ATIC	Human gene encoding both AICAR transformylase and IMP cyclohydrolase
ATM	Serine-protein kinase ATM (Ataxia telangiectasia mutated)
CaMKI	Calmodulin-dependent kinase-I
CaMKK2	Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent kinase kinase-2 (-β)
β-CBM	Carbohydrate-binding module of the AMPK-β subunit
CBS	Cystathionine β-synthase (refers to CBS domain or CBS repeat)
CBS1	CBS repeat 1; refers to an adenine nucleotide-binding site on the AMPK-γ subunit
CBS3	CBS repeat 3; refers to an adenine nucleotide-binding site on the AMPK-γ subunit
CBS4	CBS repeat 4; refers to an adenine nucleotide-binding site on the AMPK-γ subunit
C-lobe	C-terminal lobe of a kinase domain
CSCs	Cancer stem cells
α-CTD	C-terminal domain of the AMPK-α subunit
β-CTD	C-terminal domain of the AMPK-β subunit
EXO1	Exonuclease 1
FBP	Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate
GHSR1	Growth hormone secretagogue receptor-1
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor-1
IP3	Inositol-1,4,5-triphosphate
iPSCs	Inducible pluripotent stem cells
α-KD	Kinase domain of the AMPK-α subunit
KO	Knockout
LCFA	Long chain fatty acid
α-linker	Linker region of the AMPK-α subunit
LKB1	Liver kinase B-1
MAGE	Melanoma antigen gene (a gene family)
MEFs	Mouse embryonic fibroblasts
MO25	Mouse protein 25
mTORC1	mammalian (or mechanistic) target-of-rapamycin complex-1
NES	Nuclear exclusion sequence
N-lobe	N-terminal lobe of a kinase domain
NLS	Nuclear localization sequence
NOTCH1	Neurogenic locus notch homolog protein 1
OCT1	Organic cation transporter 1
PPP1R3C	Human gene encoding a glycogen-targetting regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-1
PRKAA1	Human gene encoding AMPK-α1
PRKAA2	Human gene encoding AMPK-α2
PRKAB1	Human gene encoding AMPK-β1
PRKAG1	Human gene encoding AMPK-γ1
PRKAG2	Human gene encoding AMPK-γ2
PRKAG3	Human gene encoding AMPK-γ3
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog protein
shRNA	Short hairpin RNA
siRNA	Small interfering RNA
STRAD	Ste20-related adaptor
STK11	Human gene encoding LKB1
ST loop	Serine/threonine-rich regulatory loop near the C-terminus of the AMPK-α subunit
T-ALL	T cell acute lymphoblastic leukameia/lymphoma
TCGA	The Cancer Genome Atlas
TRIM-28	Tripartite motif containing 28 (ubiquitin E3 ligase)
UBE2O	E2/E3 hybrid ubiquitin-protein ligase
VEGF	Vascular endothelial cell growth factor
ZMP	5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleoside monophosphate