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

J

149

4.86

Translation

A

1

0.032

RNA processing and modification

K

163

5.31

Transcription

L

176

5.74

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

24

0.78

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

47

1.53

Defense mechanisms

T

52

1.69

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

105

3.42

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

0

0

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

26

0.84

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

76

2.47

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

139

4.53

Energy production and conversion

G

88

2.87

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

189

6.16

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

63

2.05

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

72

2.34

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

123

4.01

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

127

4.14

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

25

0.81

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

250

8.15

General function prediction only

S

182

5.93

Function unknown

-

301

9.82

Not in COGs