Protein Domain : Abortive infection system protein AbiD/AbiF IPR017034

Type	Family
Description	Bacteria have numerous mechanisms to resist bacteriophage infection. While most are based on preventing infection in the first place, the abortive infection (Abi) systems provide protection by the abortion of an existing phage infection [ ]. Typically, these Abi systems target a crucial step of phage multiplication such as replication, transcription or translation, and lead to the death of the infected cell.The AbiD protein provides resistance to phage infection by interfering with a phage-encoded endonuclease, while AbiF interferes with DNA replication [ , , , ].
Short Name	Abi_system_AbiD/AbiF