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

J

159

4.82

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

223

6.77

Transcription

L

112

3.4

Replication, recombination and repair

B

2

0.06

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

21

0.64

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

81

2.45

Defense mechanisms

T

155

4.7

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

93

2.82

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

37

1.12

Cell motility

Z

1

0.03

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

38

1.15

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

84

2.55

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

149

4.52

Energy production and conversion

G

175

5.3

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

267

8.1

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

56

1.7

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

119

3.61

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

131

3.7

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

164

4.98

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

97

2.94

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

376

11.41

General function prediction only

S

183

5,55

Function unknown

-

962

29.19

Not in COGs