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

J

153

4.42

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

365

10.55

Transcription

L

137

3.96

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

36

1.04

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

110

3.18

Defense mechanisms

T

165

4.77

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

171

4.94

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

11

0.32

Cell motility

Z

1

0.03

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

27

0.78

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

56

1.62

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

149

4.31

Energy production and conversion

G

372

10.75

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

178

5.14

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

71

2.05

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

43

1.24

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

41

1.18

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

119

3.44

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

44

1.27

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

403

11.64

General function prediction only

S

203

5.87

Function unknown

-

880

25.43

Not in COGs