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

J

162

5.37

Translation

K

282

9.34

Transcription

L

201

6.66

Replication, recombination and repair

D

37

1.23

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

V

88

2.92

Defense mechanisms

T

184

6.10

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

149

4.94

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

72

2.39

Cell motility

U

42

1.39

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

90

2.98

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

106

3.51

Energy production and conversion

G

359

11.90

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

244

8.08

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

72

2.39

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

79

2.62

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

57

1.89

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

159

5.27

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

36

1.19

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

338

11.20

General function prediction only

S

261

8.65

Function unknown

-

966

26.47

Not in COGs