Table 4. Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories.
| Code | Genes on chromosome |
Genes on plasmid |
%age | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | 175 | 2 | 5.7 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | ||||
| K | 120 | 1 | 3.9 | Transcription |
| L | 153 | 8 | 5 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 5 | 0 | 0.2 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 33 | 1 | 1.1 | Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| Y | ||||
| V | 51 | 0 | 1.7 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 310 | 0 | 10.2 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 250 | 0 | 8.2 | Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis |
| N | 83 | 0 | 2.7 | Cell motility |
| Z | ||||
| W | ||||
| U | 93 | 0 | 3 | Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport |
| O | 116 | 0 | 3.8 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 256 | 1 | 8.4 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 105 | 0 | 3.4 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 216 | 1 | 7.1 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 71 | 1 | 2.3 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 157 | 2 | 5.1 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 79 | 0 | 2.6 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 161 | 0 | 5.3 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 50 | 0 | 1.6 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| S | 230 | 1 | 7.5 | Function unknown |
| - | 859 | 0 | - | Not in COGs |