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

J

165

4.39

Translation

A

1

0.03

RNA processing and modification

K

156

4.15

Transcription

L

123

3.27

Replication, recombination and repair

B

3

0.08

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

20

0.53

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

45

1.20

Defense mechanisms

T

96

2.55

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

84

1.23

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

44

1.17

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

29

0.77

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

110

2.92

Post-translational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

184

4.89

Energy production and conversion

G

120

3.19

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

252

6.70

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

71

1.89

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

124

3.30

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

100

2.66

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

171

4.55

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

72

1.91

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

484

12.87

General function prediction only

S

233

6.20

Function unknown

-

1380

36.69

Not in COGs