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

J

160

3.39

Translation

A

1

0.02

RNA processing and modification

K

375

7.94

Transcription

L

419

8.87

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0.00

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

47

1.00

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.00

Nuclear structure

V

92

1.95

Defense mechanisms

T

222

4.70

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

116

2.46

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

61

1.29

Cell motility

Z

1

0.02

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.00

Extracellular structures

U

60

1.27

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

81

1.72

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

224

4.74

Energy production and conversion

G

150

3.18

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

284

6.01

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

77

1.63

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

103

2.18

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

79

1.67

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

125

2.65

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

34

0.72

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

370

7.83

General function prediction only

S

240

5.08

Function unknown

-

1,686

35.70

Not in COGs