Abstract
Transgenic soybean with the cp4-epsps gene is resistant to the glyphosate application due to the production of an insensitive EPSPs enzyme. It participates in the shikimic acid route and is responsible for producing the following amino acids: phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan. The glyphosate is translocated by the phosphate transporters to the simplast route, reducing the phosphorus …