US 11,946,061 B2
Methods and compositions for herbicide tolerance in plants
Guillermo A. Asmar-Rovira, San Diego, CA (US); Stephen M. Duff, St. Louis, MO (US); Shirley X. Guo, Chesterfield, MO (US); Jingdong Liu, Chesterfield, MO (US); R. Douglas Sammons, Wentzville, MO (US); and Lei Shi, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/821,011.
Application 17/821,011 is a continuation of application No. 16/641,594, granted, now 11,473,099, previously published as PCT/US2018/057755, filed on Oct. 26, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/580,315, filed on Nov. 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127011 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); C12N 9/10 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8275 (2013.01) [C12N 9/1092 (2013.01); C12Y 205/01019 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
 
1. A recombinant DNA molecule comprising a polynucleotide encoding a glyphosate-tolerant EPSPS, wherein the EPSPS comprises at least a first amino acid substitution selected from the group consisting of: I6P, I6W, T17M, N28A, N28C, N28G, N28H, N28M, N28Q, N28S, N28T, N28V, L33E, A35M, L36E, E38F, G39K, G39W, T41H, V43P, V43Q, N45G, L46C, L46D, L46W, E50F, Y54G, L56E, L56K, A58I, R60E, R60Q, T61E, L62F, G63L, L64G, S65K, S65Q, S65R, E67C, K70L, K70W, A71M, K73P, V77N, G82Q, V86C, G101A, G101E, T102F, T102G, T102Q, T102V, A103C, A103D, A103F, A103G, A103I, A103L, A103P, A103R, A103V, R105A, P106Q, P106W, L107A, L107C, L107F, L107G, L107K, L107M, L107Q, L107S, L107T, L107V, L107W, V111N, V111Q, T112V, T112W, A114C, A114K, G115S, A118F, L122D, G124K, V125D, E130R, P132D, 1133M, G144D, V160P, N161W, K170V, S179I, P190L, L191D, A192T, G194Q, K203A, R219F, T269C, T278N, L280D, L280R, E288I, A295F, V297Q, T307W, G315K, M326A, K328F, D331M, V332K, V332Q, A333I, A340Y, R350K, E378L, E378W, E379M, E379N, Y383E, P418G, and C426M, wherein the position of the amino acid substitution is relative to the position of the amino acid in the sequence provided as SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the polynucleotide is operably linked to a heterologous promoter.