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

J

144

8.29

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

89

5.12

Transcription

L

111

6.39

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.06

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

21

1.12

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

36

2.07

Defense mechanisms

T

39

2.24

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

80

4.60

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

3

0.17

Cell motility

Z

0

0

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0

Extracellular structures

U

23

1.32

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

59

3.39

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

94

5.41

Energy production and conversion

G

65

3.74

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

114

6.56

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

55

3.16

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

73

4.20

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

46

2.65

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

108

6.21

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

28

1.61

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

185

10.64

General function prediction only

S

137

7.88

Function unknown

-

388

22.32

Not in COGs