Table 4. Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %age | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 137 | 13.50 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 1 | 0.10 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 32 | 3.15 | Transcription |
| L | 61 | 6.01 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 0 | 0.0 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 13 | 1.28 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0.0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 9 | 0.89 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 17 | 1.67 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 73 | 7.19 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 0 | 0.0 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0.0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0.0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 24 | 2.36 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 74 | 7.29 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 90 | 8.87 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 31 | 3.05 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 99 | 9.75 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 39 | 3.84 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 94 | 9.26 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 36 | 3.55 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 45 | 4.43 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 11 | 1.08 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 77 | 7.59 | General function prediction only |
| S | 52 | 5.12 | Functions unknown |
| - | 186 | 16.64 | Not in COGs |
a) The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.