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The impact of climate change has decreased crop productivity. Chaperone proteins help cells survive heat shock stress, sustaining plant survival. I discovered that Arabidopsis NCP prevents high temperature-induced protein aggregation, and its overexpression improves thermotolerance. I cloned the tomato NCP gene and found it prevents MDH aggregation, confirming its chaperone function. I will further investigate NCP's role in thermotolerance to enhance crop resilience and productivity.