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. 2010 Aug 20;3(1):85–92. doi: 10.4056/sigs.1092865

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

Code     value     %age    Description
J     149     6.7    Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis
A     0     0.0    RNA processing and modification
K     129     5.9    Transcription
L     115     5.3    Replication, recombination and repair
B     0     0.0    Chromatin structure and dynamics
D     28     1.3    Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis
Y     0     0.0    Nuclear structure
V     32     1.5    Defense mechanisms
T     133     6.1    Signal transduction mechanisms
M     119     5.5    Cell wall/membrane biogenesis
N     75     3.5    Cell motility
Z     0     0.0    Cytoskeleton
W     0     0.0    Extracellular structures
U     46     2.1    Intracellular trafficking and secretion, and vesicular transport
O     70     3.2    Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
C     142     6.5    Energy production and conversion
G     113     5.2    Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E     252     11.6    Amino acid transport and metabolism
F     65     3.0    Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H     99     4.6    Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I     44     2.0    Lipid transport and metabolism
P     125     5.8    Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q     31     1.4    Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism
R     243     11.2    General function prediction only
S     161     7.4    Function unknown
-     565     22.5    Not in COGs