diff --git a/content/3.defense-systems/abit.md b/content/3.defense-systems/abit.md index f8456d7b0e0a11b6c0acd91ed17ee8505fad6af5..b88551dc164694e54b5d074591f85b387097e319 100644 --- a/content/3.defense-systems/abit.md +++ b/content/3.defense-systems/abit.md @@ -10,12 +10,28 @@ tableColumns: Activator: Unknown Effector: Unknown PFAM: PF18864 +contributors: + - Florian Tesson relevantAbstracts: - doi: 10.1023/A:1002027321171 - doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2005.06.006 + - doi: 10.1128/jb.184.22.6325-6332.2002 --- # AbiT + +## Description +AbiT was discovered in *Lactococcus lactis* in 2022 :ref{doi=10.1128/jb.184.22.6325-6332.2002}. + +AbiT 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 abortive infection, their mechanism of action does not necessarily correspond to an abortive infection phenotype. AbiT is classified as an abortive infection in :ref{doi=10.1016/j.mib.2023.102312}. + +AbiT is composed of two proteins: AbiTi with a transmembrane helix domain and AbiTii. + +## Molecular mechanism + +As far as we are aware, the molecular mechanism is unknown. + + ## Example of genomic structure The AbiT is composed of 2 proteins: AbiTi and AbiTii.