Patent ID: 8058408

Claim:
An isolated protein or an isolated peptide encoded by the isolated DNA selected from the group consisting of: (a) a DNA encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or 4; (b) a DNA comprising the coding region of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or 3; (c) a DNA encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence that has a sequence homology of 95% or more to the entirety of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or 4, and wherein the protein is functionally equivalent to the protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or 4; and (d) a DNA hybridizing under stringent conditions with a DNA consisting of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or 3 which encodes a protein functionally equivalent to the protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 or 4.