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

J

158

6.91

Translation

A

4

0.17

RNA processing and modification

K

160

6.99

Transcription

L

167

7.3

Replication, recombination and repair

B

4

0.17

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

46

2.01

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

97

4.24

Defense mechanisms

T

72

3.15

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

93

4.06

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

16

0.7

Cell motility

Z

3

0.13

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

48

2.1

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

93

4.06

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

129

5.64

Energy production and conversion

G

148

6.47

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

145

6.34

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

70

3.06

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

76

3.32

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

54

2.36

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

157

6.86

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

23

1.01

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

272

11.89

General function prediction only

S

253

11.06

Function unknown

−

32

1.4

Not in COGs