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

J

195

3.33

Translation

A

0

0

RNA processing and modification

K

570

9.73

Transcription

L

186

3.18

Replication, recombination and repair

B

1

0.02

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

31

0.53

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0

Nuclear structure

V

101

1.72

Defense mechanisms

T

354

6.05

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

247

4.22

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

76

1.30

Cell motility

Z

2

0.03

Cytoskeleton

W

1

0.02

Extracellular structures

U

59

1.01

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

127

2.17

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

189

3.23

Energy production and conversion

G

591

10.09

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

414

7.07

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

96

1.64

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

125

2.13

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

144

2.46

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

365

6.23

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

147

2.51

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

735

12.55

General function prediction only

S

339

5.79

Function unknown

-

1,551

26.49

Not in COGs