Table 6. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories

J

167

3.39

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

252

5.11

Transcription

L

171

3.47

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

37

0.75

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

82

1.66

Defense mechanisms

T

146

2.96

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

162

3.28

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

23

0.46

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

32

0.64

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

105

2.13

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

238

4.83

Energy production and conversion

G

186

3.77

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

262

5.31

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

72

1.46

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

112

2.27

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

85

1.72

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

227

4.61

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

29

0.58

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

407

8.26

General function prediction only

S

347

7.04

Function unknown

-

412

8.36

Not in COGs