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Synthetic combinatorial libraries have proven to be a valuablesource of diverse structuresuseful for large-scale biochemical screening. Their use hasgreatly facilitated the study of protein-protein interactions. We have developed a practical technique forscreening such libraries by integratingaffinity chromatography selection with electrospray ionization massspectrometric detection, referred toas library affinity selection-mass spectrometry (LAS-MS). Theprocess allows for rapid and efficientscreening of solution phase libraries and provides detailed informationsuch as the relative affinities ofsubstrates. The method is generally applicable to includenonpeptide libraries; moreover, electrospraytandem mass spectrometry (ES-MS/MS) yields sequence-specificidentification of individual componentswithout the need for chemical tags. This technique is demonstratedusing the Src homology 2 (SH2)domain of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase). Thecritical importance of methionine in the position+3 (relative to the phosphotyrosine position) is demonstrated in alibrary built with a phosphotyrosinemimic, (phosphonodifluoromethyl)phenylalanine. The describedmethod has broad applicability tocombinatorial library screening.