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

J

134

5.02

Translation

A

1

0.04

RNA processing and modification

K

67

2.51

Transcription

L

114

4.27

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

19

0.71

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

42

1.57

Defense mechanisms

T

25

0.94

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

129

4.83

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

5

0.19

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

19

0.71

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

41

1.54

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

103

3.86

Energy production and conversion

G

108

4.04

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

90

3.37

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

45

1.68

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

55

2.06

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

38

1.42

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

80

3.0

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

6

0.22

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

202

7.56

General function prediction only

S

86

3.22

Function unknown

-

150

5.62

Not in COGs