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

J

134

6.1

Translation

A

0

0.0

RNA processing and modification

K

55

2.5

Transcription

L

83

3.8

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0.0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

19

0.9

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.0

Nuclear structure

V

34

1.6

Defense mechanisms

T

35

1.6

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

158

7.2

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

7

0.3

Cell motility

Z

0

0.0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.0

Extracellular structures

U

35

1.6

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

61

2.8

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

69

3.1

Energy production and conversion

G

97

4.4

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

90

4.1

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

56

2.6

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

84

3.8

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

53

2.4

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

80

3.6

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

25

1.1

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

145

6.6

General function prediction only

S

100

4.6

Function unknown

-

863

39.4

Not in COGs