Table 5. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories

J

124

6.42

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

113

5.84

Transcription

L

97

5.02

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

21

1.09

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

22

1.14

Defense mechanisms

T

74

3.83

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

79

4.09

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

8

0.47

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

34

1.76

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

48

2.54

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

131

6.78

Energy production and conversion

G

62

3.2

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

192

9.94

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

53

2.74

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

86

4.45

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

50

2.59

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

85

4.4

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

23

1.19

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

214

11.08

General function prediction only

S

116

6

Function unknown

-

461

23.85

Not in COGs