tmRNA_acceptor_piece

Term ID

SO:0000770

Synonyms

• tmRNA acceptor piece

Definition

The acceptor region of a two-piece tmRNA that when mature is charged at its 3' end with alanine. The tmRNA gene undergoes circular permutation in some groups of bacteria; processing of the transcripts from such a gene leaves the mature tmRNA in two pieces, base-paired together.

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Ontology

Sequence Ontology