Patent ID: 7169970

Claim:
An isolated polynucleotide comprising the following components in the 5′ to 3′ direction of transcription: (i) at least one transcriptional enhancer selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs 29, 30, 37 and 38; (ii) the soybean genomic sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 31 which comprises the promoter from the soybean EPSPS gene, and a coding sequence which encodes the soybean EPSPS chloroplast transit peptide and the soybean EPSPS enzyme; and (iv) a transcriptional terminator; wherein the soybean EPSPS coding sequence is modified in that a first position is mutated so that the residue at said first position is Ile rather than Thr and a second position is mutated so that the residue at said second position is Ser rather than Pro, the mutations being introduced into EPSPS sequences which comprise the conserved region GNAGTAMRPL (SEQ ID NO: 66) in the wild type enzyme such that the region in the modified sequence reads GNAGIAMRSL (SEQ ID NO: 67).