Based on the published NMR structure of the antibiotic paromomycin complexe
d with the A-site of Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA, a set of C-5 funct
ionalized analogs of paromamine was designed and synthesized, incorporating
cyclic and acyclic appendages and terminating with one or more ammonium gr
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