Patent ID: 8871902

Claim:
An isolated immunogenic polypeptide comprising no more than 10 consecutive amino acids of the amino acid sequence of human POTE set forth as: MVAEVCSMPTASTVKKPFDLRSKMGKWCHHRFPCCRGSGKSNMGTSGDHDDS FMKMLRSKMGKCCRHCFPCCRGSGTSNVGTSGDHENSFMKMLRSKMGKWCCH CFPCCRGSGKSNVGAWGDYDHSAFMEPRYHIRREDLDKLHRAAWWGKVPRKD LIVMLRDTDMNKRDKEKRTALHLASANGNSEVVQLLLDRRCQLNVLDNKKRTA LIKAIQCQEDECVLMLLEHGADRNIPDEYGNTALHYAIYNEDX 1 LX 2 AKAX 3 LX 4 Y GADIESKNKCGLTPLLLGVHEQKQQVVKFLIKKKANLNVLDRYGRTALILAVCC GSASIVNX 5 LX 6 EQNX 7 DVSSQDLSGQTAREYAVSSHHHVICELLSDYKEKQMLKI SSENSNPEQDLKLTSEEESQRLKVSENSQPEKMSQEPEINKDCDREVEEEIKKHGS NPVGLPENLTNGASAGNGDDGLIPQRRSRKPENQQFPDTENEEYHSDEQNDTRK QLSEEQNTGISQDEILTNKQKQIEVAEQKMNSELSLSHKKEEDLLRENSVLQEEIA MLRLELDETKHQNQLRENX 8 X 9 X 10 EEIX 11 SVKEKTDKLLRAMQLNEEALTKTNI (SEQ ID NO: 20), wherein X 1 is K or Y; X 2 is M, A or F; X 3 is L or A; X 4 is L or V; X 5 is L or Y; X 6 is L, A or F; X 7 is V, or A; X 8 is K or Y; X 9 is I or L; X 10 is L or F; and X 11 is E or A; and wherein the polypeptide comprises amino acids 323-331 of SEQ ID NO: 20.