Tags: Protein.
The par stability determinant is a 400 bp locus of the pAD1 plasmid which encodes a type I toxin-antitoxin system in Enterococcus faecalis. It was the first such plasmid addiction module to be found in gram-positive bacteria.The par locus contains two genes: fst which encodes a 33-amino acid toxic protein and a gene for RNAII the small RNA anti-toxin which inhibits fst translation.
