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

J

224

4.404

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

A

0

0.0

RNA processing and modification

K

485

9.536

Transcription

L

374

7.354

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.020

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

48

0.944

Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

143

2.812

Defense mechanisms

T

225

4.424

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

254

4.994

Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis

N

59

1.160

Cell motility

Z

1

0.020

Cytoskeleton

W

1

0.020

Extracellular structures

U

65

1.278

Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport

O

122

2.399

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

215

4.227

Energy production and conversion

G

310

6.095

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

480

9.438

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

109

2.143

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

156

3.067

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

140

2.753

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

309

6.076

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

124

2.438

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

783

15.395

General function prediction only

S

458

9.005

Function unknown

2038

31.98

Not in COGs