Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 140 | 4.49 | Translation |
| A | 0 | 0 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 149 | 4.78 | Transcription |
| L | 136 | 4.37 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 0 | 0 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 18 | 0.58 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 44 | 1.41 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 89 | 2.85 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 166 | 5.33 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 7 | 0.22 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 41 | 1.32 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 67 | 2.15 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 134 | 4.30 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 222 | 7.13 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 155 | 4.98 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 54 | 1.73 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 73 | 2.34 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 45 | 1.45 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 138 | 4.43 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 18 | 0.58 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 281 | 9.03 | General function prediction only |
| S | 112 | 3.60 | Function unknown |
| - | 1,250 | 32.89 | Not in COGs |
a The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.