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Table 4 Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories

From: The complete genome sequence of the rumen methanogen Methanobrevibacter millerae SM9

Code

Value

% of totala

Description

J

145

6.39

Translation

A

0

0.00

RNA processing and modification

K

88

3.88

Transcription

L

129

5.69

Replication, recombination and repair

B

3

0.13

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

6

0.26

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

V

37

1.63

Defense mechanisms

T

15

0.66

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

67

2.95

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

4

0.18

Cell motility

U

9

0.40

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

45

1.98

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

162

7.14

Energy production and conversion

G

48

2.12

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

114

5.02

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

46

2.03

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

90

3.97

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

28

1.23

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

59

2.60

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

25

1.10

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

205

9.03

General function prediction only

S

145

6.39

Function unknown

-

800

35.21

Not in COGs

  1. aThe total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the genome