Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 0 | 0 | Translation |
| A | 0 | 0 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 2 | 5 | Transcription |
| L | 3 | 7.5 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 0 | 0 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 0 | 0 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 0 | 0 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 2 | 5 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 1 | 2.5 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 1 | 2.5 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 0 | 0 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 0 | 0 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 1 | 2.5 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 0 | 0 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 0 | 0 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 0 | 0 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 0 | 0 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 0 | 0 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 0 | 0 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 0 | 0 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 1 | 2.5 | General function prediction only |
| S | 3 | 7.5 | Function unknown |
| - | 28 | 70 | Not in COGs |
a) The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.