Table 6. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories

J

195

3.02

Translation

A

1

0.02

RNA processing and modification

K

643

10.00

Transcription

L

235

3.65

Replication, recombination and repair

B

2

0.03

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

37

0.58

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

V

68

1.06

Defense mechanisms

T

397

6.17

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

396

6.16

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

113

1.76

Cell motility

W

1

0.02

Extracellular structures

U

139

2.16

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

213

3.31

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

503

7.82

Energy production and conversion

G

486

7.55

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

663

10.31

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

101

1.57

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

223

3.47

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

290

4.51

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

287

4.46

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

200

3.11

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

719

11.18

General function prediction only

S

522

8.11

Function unknown

-

1944

25.67

Not in COGs