Patent ID: 7253341

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid comprising: (a) a first polynucleotide encoding a boiling and detergent stable protein at least 65% homologous to SEQ ID NO:2, said boiling and detergent stable protein having a chaperone-like activity, said protein being capable of forming stable dimers and having at least one conserved amino acid sequences as set forth in SEQ ID NOs: 36, 37 or 38 as determined using a Best Fit algorithm of GCG, Wisconsin Package Version 9.1 using a plurality of 10.00, a threshold of 4, average weight of 1.00, average match of 2.91 and average mismatch of minus 2.00; and (b) a second polynucleotide including a promoter sequence being operably linked to said first polynucleotide for directing an expression of said boiling and detergent stable protein.