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

J

180

3.80

Translation

A

118

2.49

RNA processing and modification

K

354

7.48

Transcription

L

167

3.53

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

37

0.78

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

75

1.58

Defense mechanisms

T

293

6.19

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

159

3.36

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

95

2.01

Cell motility

Z

31

0.66

Cytoskeleton

W

28

0.59

Extracellular structures

U

48

1.01

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

96

2.03

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

169

3.57

Energy production and conversion

G

146

3.09

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

351

7.42

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

85

1.80

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

142

3.00

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

133

2.81

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

273

5.77

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

98

2.07

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

450

9.51

General function prediction only

S

234

4.95

Function unknown

-

1,694

37.74

Not in COGs