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

J

208

4.60

Translation

A

1

0.02

RNA processing and modification

K

352

7.78

Transcription

L

162

3.58

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

42

0.93

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

-

-

Nuclear structure

V

48

1.06

Defense mechanisms

T

332

7.34

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

275

6.08

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

159

3.52

Cell motility

Z

1

0.02

Cytoskeleton

W

-

-

Extracellular structures

U

140

3.10

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

156

3.45

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

230

5.09

Energy production and conversion

G

265

5.86

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

439

9.71

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

90

1.99

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

177

3.91

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

152

3.36

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

268

5.93

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

122

2.70

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

515

11.39

General function prediction only

S

388

8.58

Function unknown

-

1,008

20.08

Not in COGs