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

J

157

2.74

Translation

A

1

0.02

RNA processing and modification

K

410

7,16

Transcription

L

171

2.99

Replication, recombination and repair

B

2

0.03

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

34

0.59

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

41

0.72

Defense mechanisms

T

169

2.95

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

162

2.83

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

48

0.84

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

23

0.40

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

132

2.30

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

400

6.98

Energy production and conversion

G

212

3.70

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

151

2.64

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

11

0.19

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

158

2,76

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

418

7,30

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

192

3,35

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

433

7,56

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

656

11,45

General function prediction only

S

291

5,08

Function unknown

1622

1,25

Not in COGs