| AMBER | Assisted model building with energy refinement |
| CHARMM | Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics |
| DMPC | 1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine |
| DPPC | Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine |
| GA | Genetic algorithm |
| Gly | Glycine |
| Gly-Hyp | Glycyl-hydroxyproline |
| Gly-Pro-Hyp | Glycylprolylhydroxyproline |
| GPU | Graphics processing unit |
| GUI | Graphical user interface |
| Hyp | Hydroxyproline |
| K | Lysine |
| kcal/mol | Kilocalorie per mole |
| LGA | Lamarckian genetic algorithm |
| MD | Molecular dynamics |
| MSD | Mean square displacement |
| PDB | Protein data bank |
| PEPT | Peptide transporter |
| PHT | Peptide histidine transporter |
| PMEMD | Particle mesh Ewald molecular dynamics |
| POPC | 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine |
| Pro | Proline |
| Pro-Hyp | Prolyl-hydroxyproline |
| Ps | Picoseconds |
| Q | Glutamine |
| RMSD | Root mean square deviation |
| TIP3P | Transferable intermolecular potential with 3 points |
| UCSF | The University of California, San Francisco |
| VMD | Visual molecular dynamics |
| Å | Angstrom |