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

J

158

5.5

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

A

0

0.0

RNA processing and modification

K

175

6.1

Transcription

L

142

5.0

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

26

0.9

Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

Y

0

0.0

Nuclear structure

V

55

1.9

Defense mechanisms

T

146

5.1

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

278

9.7

Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis

N

11

0.4

Cell motility

Z

0

0.0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.0

Extracellular structures

U

47

1.6

Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport

O

106

3.7

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

157

5.5

Energy production and conversion

G

282

9.8

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

172

6.0

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

69

2.4

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

128

4.5

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

86

3.0

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

195

6.8

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

41

1.4

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

355

12.4

General function prediction only

S

238

8.3

Function unknown

-

1,277

32.6

Not in COGs