| AD | UBA5 adenylation domain |
| ASC1 | activating signal co-integrator 1 |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| BEST | band-selective excitation short-transient |
| CSP | chemical shift perturbation |
| FL | full length |
| GABARAP | GABAA-receptor-associated protein |
| HMQC | heteronuclear multiple quantum coherence |
| HSQC | heteronuclear single quantum coherence |
| ITC | isothermal titration calorimetry |
| LC3 | microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3 |
| LIR | LC3-interacting region |
| NEDD8 | neural precursor cell expressed developmentally downregulated protein 8 |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| NOESY | nuclear Overhauser and exchange spectroscopy |
| R1, R2, R3 | UBA5 C-terminal regions R1, R2 and R3 |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SOFAST | band-selective optimized-flip-angle short-transient |
| SUMO | small ubiquitin related modifier |
| TOCSY | total correlation spectroscopy |
| TROSY | transverse relaxation optimized spectroscopy |
| UBA5 | UFM1-activating enzyme 5 |
| UBL | ubiquitin-like |
| UFBP1 | UFM1-binding protein 1 |
| UFC1 | UFM1-conjugating enzyme 1 |
| UFIM | UFM1-interacting motive |
| UFL1 | UFM1 ligase 1 |
| UFM1 | Ubiquitin fold modifier 1 |
| UfSP1/2 | UFM1-specific proteases 1 and 2 |