AbiR is a defense system discovered in 2000 :ref{doi=10.1128/aem.66.6.2647-2651.2000}.
AbiR is one of the so-called "Abi" systems for "Abortive infection" discovered in the 90's in research related to the dairy industry :ref{doi=10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006}. AbiR is classified as abortive infection in :ref{doi=10.1016/j.mib.2023.102312}.
AbiR is composed of 3 genes: AbiRa, AbiRb, AbiRc.
AbiRa encodes a sigma70 RNA polymerase subunit. AbiRb as homology with ParB nuclease domain according to HHpred.
AbiRc has two different domains: a N_terminal PLD domain (PF13091) and at the C term an SNF2 DNA dependant ATPase.
## Molecular mechanism
As far as we are aware, the molecular mechanism is unknown.
## Example of genomic structure
The AbiR is composed of 3 proteins: AbiRa, AbiRb and AbiRc.