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Many patients with a variety of medical conditions take illicit substances concomitantly with clinical drugs. This concomitant usage can lead to life-threatening adverse events. Despite the evidence that these adverse events can be caused by pharmacokinetic interactions, the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Investigation of mechanisms involved in dysregulation of endobiotic homeostasis during the concomitant usage of illicit substances with clinical drugs could provide novel insights into pharmacokinetic mechanisms of adverse interactions between illicit substances and clinical drugs.The extracellular matrix (ECM) provides an architectural meshwork that surrounds and supports cells. The dysregulation of heavily post-translationally modified ECM proteins directly contributes to various diseases. Mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics is an ideal tool to identify ECM proteins and characterize their post-translational modifications, but ECM proteomics remains challenging owing to the extremely low solubility of the ECM. Herein, enabled by effective solubilization of ECM proteins using our recently developed photocleavable surfactant, Azo, we have developed a streamlined ECM proteomic strategy that allows fast tissue decellularization, efficient extraction and enrichment of ECM proteins, and rapid digestion prior to reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC)-MS analysis. A total of 173 and 225 unique ECM proteins from mouse mammary tumors have been identified using 1D and 2D RPLC-MS/MS, respectively. Moreover, 87 (from 1DLC-MS/MS) and 229 (from 2DLC-MS/MS) post-translational modifications of ECM proteins, including glycosylation, phosphorylation, and hydroxylation, were identified and localized. This Azo-enabled ECM proteomics strategy will streamline the analysis of ECM proteins and promote the study of ECM biology.Cleavage of substrates by γ-secretase is an inherently slow process where substrate-enzyme affinities cannot be broken down into specific sequence requirements in contrast to soluble proteases. Nevertheless, despite its apparent sequence tolerance single point mutations in amyloid precursor protein can severely affect cleavage efficiencies and change product line preferences. We have determined by NMR spectroscopy the structures of the transmembrane domain of amyloid precursor protein in TFE/water and compared it to that of four mutants two FAD mutants, V44M and I45T, and the two diglycine hinge mutants, G38L and G38P. In accordance with previous publications, the transmembrane domain is composed of two helical segments connected by the diglycine hinge. Mutations alter kink angles and structural flexibility. Furthermore, to our surprise, we observe different, but specific mutual orientations of N- and C-terminal helical segments in the four mutants compared to the wildtype. We speculate that the observed orientations for G38L, G38P, V44M, and I45T lead to unfavorable interactions with γ-secretase exosites during substrate movement to the enzyme's active site in presenilin and/or for the accommodation into the substrate-binding cavity of presenilin.Materials ranging from adhesives, pharmaceuticals, lubricants, and personal care products are traditionally studied using macroscopic characterization techniques. However, their functionality is in reality defined by details of chemical organization on often noncrystalline matter with characteristic length scales on the order of microns to nanometers. Additionally, these materials are traditionally difficult to analyze using standard vacuum-based approaches that provide nanoscale chemical characterization due to their volatile and beam-sensitive nature. Therefore, approaches that operate under ambient conditions need to be developed that allow probing of nanoscale chemical phenomena and correlated functionality. Here, we demonstrate a tool for probing and visualizing local chemical environments and correlating them to material structure and functionality using advanced multimodal chemical imaging on a combined atomic force microscopy (AFM) and mass spectrometry (MS) system using tip-enhanced photothermal desorption with atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI). We demonstrate enhanced performance metrics of the technique for correlated imaging and point sampling and illustrate the applicability for the analysis of trace chemicals on a human hair, additives in adhesives on paper, and pharmaceuticals samples notoriously difficult to analyze in a vacuum environment. Envonalkib solubility dmso Overall, this approach of correlating local chemical environments to structure and functionality is key to advancing research in many fields ranging from biology, to medicine, to material science.N-doped carbon-confined transition metal nanocatalysts display efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance comparable to commercial Pt/C electrocatalysts because of their efficient charge transfer from metal atoms to active N sites. However, the sheathed active sites inside the electrocatalysts and relatively large-size confined metal particles greatly restrict their activity improvement. Here, we develop a facile and efficient "MOFs plus ZIFs" synthesis strategy to successfully construct ultrafine sub-5 nm Co nanodots confined into superficial N-doped carbon nanowires (Co@C@NC) via a well-designed synthesis process. The unique synthesis mechanism is based on low-pressure vapor superassembly of thin zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) coatings on metal-organic framework substrates. During the successive pyrolysis, the preferential formation of the robust N-doped carbon shell from the ZIF-67 shell keeps the core morphology without shrinkage and limits the growth of Co nanodots. Benefiting from this architecture with accessible and rich active N sites on the surface, stable carbon confined architecture, and large surface area, the Co@C@NC exhibits excellent ORR performance, catching up to commercial Pt/C. Density functional theory demonstrates that the confined Co nanodots efficiently enhance the charge density of superficial active N sites by interfacial charge transfer, thus accelerating the ORR process.