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

J

164

5.68

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

201

6.96

Transcription

L

128

4.43

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.03

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

34

1.18

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

44

1.52

Defense mechanisms

T

148

5.12

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

116

4.02

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

70

2.42

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

40

1.38

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

81

2.80

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

117

4.05

Energy production and conversion

G

117

4.05

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

264

9.14

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

71

2.46

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

104

3.60

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

109

3.77

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

180

6.23

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

62

2.15

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

378

13.08

General function prediction only

S

222

7.68

Function unknown

X

617

21.36

Not in COGs