Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories^†.

J

143

8.36

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

76

4.44

Transcription

L

98

5.73

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

22

1.29

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

10

0.58

Defense mechanisms

T

38

2.22

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

89

5.20

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

3

0.18

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

6

0.35

Extracellular structures

U

68

3.98

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

76

4.44

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover and chaperones

C

81

4.74

Energy production and conversion

G

60

3.51

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

124

7.25

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

43

2.51

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

57

3.33

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

42

2.46

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

74

4.33

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

15

0.88

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

183

10.70

General function prediction only

S

117

6.84

Function unknown

X

449

26.26

Not in COGs