Table 4. Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories.
| Code | value | %age | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 176 | 4.1 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 3 | 0.1 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 370 | 8.7 | Transcription |
| L | 213 | 5.4 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 2 | 0.1 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 35 | 0.8 | Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| Y | 0 | 0.0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 93 | 2.2 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 393 | 9.2 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 261 | 6.1 | Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis |
| N | 14 | 0.3 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0.0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0.0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 56 | 1.3 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion, and vesicular transport |
| O | 142 | 3.3 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 205 | 4.8 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 276 | 6.5 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 307 | 7.2 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 92 | 2.2 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 174 | 4.1 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 128 | 3.0 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 172 | 4.0 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 143 | 3.4 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism* |
| R | 647 | 15.1 | General function prediction only |
| S | 349 | 8.2 | Function unknown |
| - | 1,823 | 32.2 | Not in COGs |
* manual annotation yielded 6.4% genes in the secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism category.