| AAS | Atomic absorption spectrometry |
| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| CE | Cytosolic extracts |
| DTT | Dithiothreitol |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| GTP | Guanosine triphosphate |
| HCD | Higher energy collision dissociation |
| HMM | High molecular mass |
| LC-ESI-QO-MS | Liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization quadrupole orbitrap mass spectrometer |
| LMM | Low molecular mass |
| MES | 2-(N-morpholino) ethanesulfonic acid buffer |
| Mts | Metallothioneins |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| SDS–PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| UHPLC-MS | Ultra high-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometer |
| ww | Wet weight |