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

J

140

4.49

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

149

4.78

Transcription

L

136

4.37

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

18

0.58

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

44

1.41

Defense mechanisms

T

89

2.85

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

166

5.33

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

7

0.22

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

41

1.32

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

67

2.15

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

134

4.30

Energy production and conversion

G

222

7.13

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

155

4.98

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

54

1.73

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

73

2.34

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

45

1.45

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

138

4.43

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

18

0.58

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

281

9.03

General function prediction only

S

112

3.60

Function unknown

-

1,250

32.89

Not in COGs