diff --git a/modules/t/transcript.t b/modules/t/transcript.t
index be214635cba9c62bd376f28ab20df3c967cc0b11..467e5f1892c050f1abc2b46f40737f158fc1ba53 100644
--- a/modules/t/transcript.t
+++ b/modules/t/transcript.t
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use vars qw( $verbose );
 
 BEGIN { $| = 1;
 	use Test;
-	plan tests => 132;
+	plan tests => 133;
 }
 
 use Bio::EnsEMBL::Test::MultiTestDB;
@@ -432,6 +432,52 @@ ok($tr->translate->seq() eq 'MNFALILMINTLLALLLMIITFWLPQLNGYMEKSTPYECGFDPMSPARVPF
 
 
 
+# check that attributes are stored when transcript is stored
+
+$tr = $ta->fetch_by_stable_id( "ENST00000217347" );
+my $g = $db->get_GeneAdaptor->fetch_by_transcript_id($tr->dbID());
+
+
+$tr->translation()->adaptor(undef);
+$tr->translation()->dbID(undef);
+
+# unstore the transcript so it can be stored again
+
+foreach my $ex (@{$tr->get_all_Exons()}) {
+  $ex->dbID(undef);
+  $ex->adaptor(undef);
+}
+
+$tr->dbID(undef);
+$tr->adaptor(undef);
+
+
+$multi->hide('core', 'transcript', 'transcript_attrib', 'translation',
+             'exon_transcript', 'exon', 'exon_stable_id', 
+             'transcript_stable_id', 'translation_stable_id');
+
+
+my $attrib1 = Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute->new
+  ( -code => '_rna_edit',
+    -value => "65 64 NNN",
+    -name => "RNA editing");
+
+$tr->add_Attributes($attrib1);
+
+my $attrib2 = Bio::EnsEMBL::Attribute->new
+  ( -code => '_rna_edit',
+    -value => "66 65 NNN",
+    -name => "RNA editing");
+
+$tr->add_Attributes($attrib2);
+
+$ta->store($tr, $g->dbID());
+
+ok(count_rows($db, 'transcript_attrib') == 2);
+
+
+
+$multi->restore('core');
 
 
 sub test_trans_mapper_edits {
diff --git a/modules/t/translation.t b/modules/t/translation.t
index 7ce80be53d157509b7ea4e8e3b585d35e8988c1d..82a1bdc62a47dc5d954876bf71a1981f75b77938 100644
--- a/modules/t/translation.t
+++ b/modules/t/translation.t
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use Bio::EnsEMBL::Exon;
 
 BEGIN { $| = 1;
 	use Test;
-	plan tests => 30;
+	plan tests => 31;
 }
 
 my $loaded = 0;
@@ -220,3 +220,45 @@ my $tr2 = $tra->fetch_by_stable_id('ENST00000252021');
 my @tls = @{$ta->fetch_all_by_Transcript_list([$tr,$tr2])};
 
 ok(@tls == 2);
+
+
+
+# test that translation attribs are stored when translation is stored
+# check that attributes are stored when transcript is stored
+
+$tr = $tra->fetch_by_stable_id( "ENST00000217347" );
+
+$tl = $tr->translation();
+
+# unstore the translation so it can be stored again
+
+$tl->adaptor(undef);
+$tl->dbID(undef);
+
+
+$multi->hide('core', 'transcript', 'translation_attrib', 'translation',
+             'translation_stable_id');
+
+
+# add a couple of attributes to the translation
+
+$sc = Bio::EnsEMBL::SeqEdit->new(-START   => 2,
+                                 -END     => 2,
+                                 -ALT_SEQ => 'U',
+                                 -CODE    => '_selenocysteine',
+                                 -NAME    => 'Selenocysteine');
+
+$tl->add_Attributes( $sc->get_Attribute() );
+
+$sc->start(3);
+$sc->end(3);
+
+$tl->add_Attributes( $sc->get_Attribute() );
+
+$ta->store($tl, $tr->dbID());
+
+ok(count_rows($db, 'translation_attrib') == 2);
+
+$multi->restore('core');
+
+