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

J

149

6.08

Translation

A

1

0.04

RNA processing and modification

K

109

4.45

Transcription

L

127

5.18

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.04

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

24

0.98

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

-

Nuclear structure

V

43

1.75

Defense mechanisms

T

105

4.28

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

166

6.77

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

25

1.02

Cell motility

Z

1

0.04

Cytoskeleton

W

0

-

Extracellular structures

U

62

2.53

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

118

4.81

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

149

6.08

Energy production and conversion

G

126

5.14

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

172

7.01

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

58

2.37

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

157

6.4

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

51

2.08

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

158

6.44

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

75

3.06

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

331

13.5

General function prediction only

S

244

9.95

Function unknown

-

1562

41.21

Not in COGs