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The X-ray crystal structure of the src SH2 domain revealed the presenc
e of a thiol residue (Cys 188) located proximal to the phosphotyrosine
portion of a dipeptide ligand. An aldehyde bearing ligand (1) was des
igned to position an electrophilic carbonyl group in the vicinity of t
he thiol. X-ray crystallographic and NMR examination of the complex fo
rmed between (1) and the src SH2 domain revealed a hemithioacetal form
ed by addition of the thiol to the aldehyde group with an additional s
tabilizing hydrogen bond between the acetal hydroxyl and a backbone ca
rbonyl. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.