Patent ID: 7553927

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes the peptide of SEQ ID NO: 46; b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence which is at least 95% identical to the nucleic acid molecule that encodes the peptide of SEQ ID NO: 46; c) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that encodes a peptide that is at least 95% identical to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 46; and d) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence that hybridizes with the full-length complement of a nucleotide sequence that encodes the peptide of SEQ ID NO: 46, wherein hybridization conditions comprise two washes in 0.2×SSC at 65° C. for 20 minutes each; and wherein each of the peptides encoded by the nucleic acid molecule of a), b), c) or d) targets a translationally fused polypeptide into plant plastids.