AbiT
Description
AbiT was discovered in Lactococcus lactis in 2022 (N/A) .
AbiT is one of the so-called "Abi" systems for "Abortive infection" discovered in the 90's in research related to the dairy industry (N/A) . 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 (N/A) .
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.
Here is an example found in the RefSeq database:
The AbiT system in Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus (GCF_000317895.1, NC_019567) is composed of 2 proteins AbiTii (WP_051026283.1) AbiTi (WP_041577337.1)