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

J

179

4.22

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

346

8.16

Transcription

L

233

5.5

Replication, recombination and repair

B

3

0.07

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

38

0.9

Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

44

1.04

Defense mechanisms

T

224

5.29

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

194

4.58

Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis

N

100

2.36

Cell motility

Z

2

0.05

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

91

2.15

Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport

O

153

3.61

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

254

5.99

Energy production and conversion

G

175

4.13

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

467

11.02

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

103

2.43

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

194

4.58

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

176

4.15

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

192

4.53

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

143

3.37

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

497

11.73

General function prediction only

S

430

10.15

Function unknown

-

1,491

27.95

Not in COGs