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

J

171

3.86

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

335

7.56

Transcription

L

200

4.51

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

37

0.83

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

76

1.71

Defense mechanisms

T

212

4.78

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

147

3.32

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

70

1.58

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

48

1.08

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

121

2.73

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

245

5.53

Energy production and conversion

G

221

4.99

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

405

9.14

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

98

2.21

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

135

3.05

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

136

3.07

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

258

5.82

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

81

1.83

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

527

11.89

General function prediction only

S

349

7.87

Function unknown

-

1,142

25.77

Not in COGs