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

J

140

7.28

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

101

5.25

Transcription

L

128

6.66

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.05

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

24

1.25

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

47

2.45

Defense mechanisms

T

62

3.23

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

66

3.43

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

5

0.26

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

26

1.35

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

56

2.91

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

79

4.11

Energy production and conversion

G

40

2.08

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

137

7.13

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

61

3.17

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

58

3.02

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

41

2.13

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

77

4.01

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

15

0.78

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

179

9.31

General function prediction only

S

133

6.92

Function unknown

-

554

28.82

Not in COGs