Patent ID: 7534937

Claim:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate (EPSP) synthase enzyme selected from the group consisting of: a) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or 2, or a complement thereof; b) the herbicide resistance nucleotide sequence of the DNA insert of the plasmid deposited as Accession No. NRRL B-30804, or a complement thereof; c) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3; and d) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% amino acid sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:3, wherein said polypeptide has herbicide resistance activity.