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

J

201

3.91

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

483

9.39

Transcription

L

166

3.23

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

43

0.84

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

119

2.31

Defense mechanisms

T

313

6.08

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

205

3.98

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

73

1.42

Cell motility

Z

5

0.1

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

50

0.97

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

121

2.35

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

180

3.5

Energy production and conversion

G

560

10.88

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

355

6.9

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

93

1.81

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

130

2.53

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

108

2.1

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

248

4.82

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

113

2.2

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

648

12.59

General function prediction only

S

328

6.38

Function unknown

-

1,264

24.57

Not in COGs