Feature	tmRNA
Definition	transfer messenger RNA; tmRNA acts as a tRNA first, and then as an mRNA that encodes a peptide tag; the ribosome translates this mRNA region of tmRNA and attaches the encoded peptide tag to the C-terminus of the unfinished protein; this attached tag targets the protein for destruction or proteolysis;
Optional Qualifiers	/allele="text" /citation=[number] /db_xref="<database>:<identifier>" /experiment="text" /function="text" /gene="text" /gene_synonym="text" /inference="TYPE[ (same species)][:EVIDENCE_BASIS]" /label=feature_label /locus_tag="text" (single token) /map="text" /note="text" /old_locus_tag="text" (single token) /product="text" /pseudo /standard_name="text" /tag_peptide=<base_range>
Comments	the tmRNA feature key will become valid on 15-Dec-2007
Last Updated	Fri Oct 17 15:28:25 2008