diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/abii.md b/content/3.defense-systems/abii.md index 716566795d48c674391dc0a5767325a7bc4d8d52..fecabc3f804689a626cc036d1cc0f414cfbbf142 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/abii.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/abii.md @@ -9,12 +9,24 @@ tableColumns: Sensor: Unknown Activator: Unknown Effector: Unknown +contributors: + - Florian Tesson relevantAbstracts: - doi: 10.1023/A:1002027321171 - doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006 + - doi: 10.1016/S0168-1656(97)01692-1 --- # AbiI + +## Description +AbiI is a single gene defense system discovered in *Lactococcus lactis* in 1997 :ref{doi=10.1016/S0168-1656(97)01692-1}. + +AbiI 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}. Even though, their name corresponds to an abortive infection, their mechanism of action does not necessarily correspond to an abortive infection. AbiI is classified as an abortive infection in :ref{doi=10.1016/j.mib.2023.102312}. + +## Molecular mechanism +As far as we are aware, the molecular mechanism is unknown. + ## Example of genomic structure The AbiI is composed of 1 protein: AbiI.