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

J

172

9.86

Translation

A

4

0.23

RNA processing and modification

K

109

6.25

Transcription

L

132

7.57

Replication, recombination and repair

B

4

0.23

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

36

2.06

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

1

0.06

Nuclear structure

V

86

4.93

Defense mechanisms

T

51

2.92

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

81

4.64

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

14

0.8

Cell motility

Z

2

0.11

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

36

2.06

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

68

3.9

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

98

5.62

Energy production and conversion

G

72

4.13

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

111

6.36

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

54

3.1

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

73

4.19

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

30

1.72

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

104

5.96

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

11

0.63

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

204

11.7

General function prediction only

S

191

10.95

Function unknown

-

26

1.49

Not in COGs