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

J

140

5.247

Translation

A

-

-

RNA processing and modification

K

127

4.760

Transcription

L

126

4.723

Replication, recombination and repair

B

-

-

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

23

0.862

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

-

-

Nuclear structure

V

-

-

Defense mechanisms

T

47

1.762

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

91

3.411

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

4

0.150

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

0

0

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

72

2.699

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

106

3.973

Energy production and conversion

G

129

4.835

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

186

6.972

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

68

2.549

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

83

3.111

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

62

2.324

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

123

4.610

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

23

0.862

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

193

7.234

General function prediction only

S

119

4.460

Function unknown

-

946

35.457

Not in COGs