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

J

168

6.55

Translation

A

1

0.03

RNA processing and modification

K

127

4.96

Transcription

L

166

6.48

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0.00

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

33

1.29

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.00

Nuclear structure

V

32

1.25

Defense mechanisms

T

48

1.87

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

134

5.23

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

16

0.62

Cell motility

Z

0

0.00

Cytoskeleton

W

24

0.94

Extracellular structures

U

75

2.93

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

101

3.94

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

115

4.49

Energy production and conversion

G

139

5.42

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

175

6.83

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

57

2.22

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

97

3.78

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

43

1.68

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

116

4.53

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

25

0.96

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

234

9.13

General function prediction only

S

197

7.69

Function unknown

-

440

17.16

Not in COGs