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

J

225

4.73

Translation

A

15

0.31

RNA processing and modification

K

280

5.89

Transcription

L

313

6.58

Replication, recombination and repair

B

10

0.21

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

84

1.77

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

3

0.06

Nuclear structure

V

90

1.89

Defense mechanisms

T

189

3.97

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

317

6.66

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

35

0.73

Cell motility

Z

11

0.23

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

135

2.84

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

187

3.93

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

271

5.69

Energy production and conversion

G

309

6.49

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

300

6.31

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

105

2.21

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

200

4.2

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

112

2.35

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

336

7.06

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

66

1.39

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

568

11.93

General function prediction only

S

486

10.21

Function unknown

-

112

2.35

Not in COGs