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

J

123

14.35

Translation

A

0

0.00

RNA processing and modification

K

21

2.45

Transcription

L

66

7.70

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0.00

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

14

1.63

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.00

Nuclear structure

V

12

1.40

Defense mechanisms

T

26

3.03

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

57

6.65

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

31

3.62

Cell motility

Z

0

0.00

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.00

Extracellular structures

U

19

2.22

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

45

5.25

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

65

7.58

Energy production and conversion

G

30

3.50

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

96

11.20

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

41

4.78

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

56

6.53

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

33

3.85

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

29

3.38

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

5

0.58

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

57

6.65

General function prediction only

S

31

3.62

Function unknown

-

522

Not in COGs