| 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="free text" /function="free text" /gene="free text" /gene_synonym="free text" /map="free text" /note="free text" /product="free text" /pseudo /standard_name="free text" /tag_peptide="<base_range>" - where <base_range> provides the first and last base (separated by two dots) of the location for the proteolysis tag |