| CD | circular dichroism |
| CCHH | zinc finger with two Cys and two His residues being in Zn(II) coordination sphere |
| CN | contact number |
| CP1 | zinc finger consensus peptide 1 |
| FES | free energy surface |
| ITC | isothermal titration calorimetry |
| MD | molecular dynamics |
| PC | principal component |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PDB | protein data bank |
| RMSF | root-mean-square fluctuations |
| SMD | steered molecular dynamics |
| ZF | zinc finger domain |