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

J

142

6.68

Translation

A

1

0.05

RNA processing and modification

K

131

6.16

Transcription

L

114

5.36

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0.00

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

19

0.89

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.00

Nuclear structure

V

31

1.46

Defense mechanisms

T

60

2.82

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

95

4.47

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

1

0.05

Cell motility

Z

0

0.00

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.00

Extracellular structures

U

22

1.04

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

62

2.92

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

83

3.91

Energy production and conversion

G

100

4.71

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

158

7.44

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

63

2.96

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

78

3.67

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

46

2.16

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

117

5.51

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

35

1.64

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

204

9.60

General function prediction only

S

141

6.63

Function unknown

-

422

19.8

Not in COGs