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

J

181

3.61

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

458

9.14

Transcription

L

180

3.59

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

36

0.72

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

122

2.44

Defense mechanisms

T

231

4.61

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

220

4.39

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

53

1.06

Cell motility

Z

2

0.04

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

49

0.98

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

102

2.03

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

154

3.07

Energy production and conversion

G

507

10.12

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

318

6.35

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

81

1.61

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

133

2.65

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

84

1.68

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

239

4.78

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

81

1.62

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

573

11.44

General function prediction only

S

304

6.07

Function unknown

-

1,420

28.35

Not in COGs