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. 2012 May 4;6(2):174–184. doi: 10.4056/sigs.2746047

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

Code    value    %age     Description
J    159    5.1     Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis
A    2    0.1     RNA processing and modification
K    254    8.1     Transcription
L    191    6.1     Replication, recombination and repair
B    0    0.0     Chromatin structure and dynamics
D    35    1.1     Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning
Y    0    0.0     Nuclear structure
V    54    1.7     Defense mechanisms
T    267    8.5     Signal transduction mechanisms
M    194    6.2     Cell wall/membrane biogenesis
N    152    4.8     Cell motility
Z    1    0.0     Cytoskeleton
W    0    0.0     Extracellular structures
U    112    3.6     Intracellular trafficking and secretion, and vesicular transport
O    94    3.0     Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
C    245    7.8     Energy production and conversion
G    120    3.8     Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E    201    6.4     Amino acid transport and metabolism
F    69    2.2     Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H    183    5.8     Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I    87    2.8     Lipid transport and metabolism
P    135    4.3     Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q    32    1.0     Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism
R    361    11.5     General function prediction only
S    201    6.4     Function unknown
-    884    24.1     Not in COGs