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

J

156

2.66

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

234

4.00

Transcription

L

200

3.42

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

27

0.46

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

107

1.83

Defense mechanisms

T

240

4.22

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

361

6.17

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

5

0.08

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

65

1.11

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

89

1.52

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

168

2.87

Energy production and conversion

G

369

6.31

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

212

3.62

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

73

1.25

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

130

2.22

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

87

1.48

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

202

3.42

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

47

0.80

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

518

8.86

General function prediction only

S

197

3.37

Function unknown

-

2966

51.26

Not in COGs