Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories

J

169

5.44

Translation

A

1

0.03

RNA processing and modification

K

224

7.21

Transcription

L

372

11.98

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.03

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

53

1.71

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.00

Nuclear structure

V

81

2.61

Defense mechanisms

T

191

6.15

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

207

6.67

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

89

2.87

Cell motility

Z

4

0.13

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.00

Extracellular structures

U

70

2.25

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

115

3.70

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

150

4.83

Energy production and conversion

G

166

5.35

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

193

6.22

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

70

2.25

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

136

4.38

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

54

1.74

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

132

4.25

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

31

1.00

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

332

10.69

General function prediction only

S

264

8.50

Function unknown

-

1,379

32.61

Not in COGs