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

J

173

4.37

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

267

6.74

Transcription

L

138

3.48

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

32

0.80

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

82

2.07

Defense mechanisms

T

130

3.28

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

143

3.61

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

53

1.33

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

48

1.21

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

88

2.22

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

133

3.36

Energy production and conversion

G

184

4.65

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

269

6.79

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

80

2.02

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

76

1.92

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

100

2.52

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

176

4.44

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

83

2.09

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

455

11.50

General function prediction only

S

265

6.69

Function unknown

-

1405

35.51

Not in COGs