Table 5. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories

J

200

4.86

Translation

A

1

0.02

RNA processing and modification

K

369

8.96

Transcription

L

154

3.74

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

37

0.9

Cell cycle control, mitosis and chromosome partitioning

Y

Nuclear structure

V

75

1.82

Defense mechanisms

T

432

8.31

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

227

5.51

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

148

3.59

Cell motility

U

146

3.55

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

173

4.2

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

203

4.93

Energy production and conversion

G

248

6.02

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

348

8.45

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

105

2.55

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

159

3.86

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

119

2.89

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

188

4.57

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

77

1.77

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

445

10.81

General function prediction only

S

356

8.65

Function unknown

-

1276

25.78

Not in COGs