Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %age | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 224 | 3.6 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | RNA processing and modification | ||
| K | 663 | 10.6 | Transcription |
| L | 152 | 3.2 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 2 | 0.03 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 213 | 3.4 | Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| Y | Nuclear structure | ||
| V | 244 | 3.9 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 480 | 7.7 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 440 | 7.0 | Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis |
| N | 130 | 2.1 | Cell motility |
| Z | 5 | 0.1 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0.0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 41 | 0.7 | Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport |
| O | 331 | 5.3 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 415 | 6.6 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 1,030 | 16.5 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 788 | 12.6 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 244 | 3.9 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 373 | 6.0 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 88 | 1.4 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 559 | 9.0 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 283 | 4.5 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 872 | 14.0 | General function prediction only |
| S | 371 | 6.0 | Function unknown |
| - | 0 | 0.0 | Not in COGs |
The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome. Data from [53].