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

J

141

6.75

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

82

3.92

Transcription

L

103

4.93

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

20

0.96

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

36

1.72

Defense mechanisms

T

50

2.39

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

143

6.84

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

2

0.10

Cell motility

Z

1

0.05

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

29

1.39

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

63

3.01

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

86

4.11

Energy production and conversion

G

119

5.69

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

122

5.84

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

52

2.49

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

81

3.88

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

47

2.25

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

89

4.26

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

20

0.96

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

225

10.77

General function prediction only

S

78

3.73

Function unknown

X

657

31.44

Not in COGs