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

J

149

6.18

Translation

A

1

0.04

RNA processing and modification

K

132

5.47

Transcription

L

154

6.38

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

22

0.91

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

32

1.32

Defense mechanisms

T

57

2.36

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

104

4.31

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

1

0.04

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

21

0.87

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

58

2.2

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

85

3.52

Energy production and conversion

G

109

4.52

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

191

7.1

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

66

2.73

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

85

3.52

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

47

1.95

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

135

5.6

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

40

1.66

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

232

9.62

General function prediction only

S

145

6.01

Function unknown

-

776

32.17

Not in COGs