Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to bacteria,
plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions
comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or
tolerance to glyphosate herbicides are provided. The coding sequences can
be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and
expression in plants. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria,
plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated nucleic
acid molecules corresponding to glyphosate resistant nucleic acid
sequences are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding
to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present
invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising
nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID
NO:3 or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or 2.