Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 147 | 5.9 | Translation |
| A | 1 | 0.0 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 86 | 3.5 | Transcription |
| L | 125 | 5.0 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.0 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 36 | 1.4 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0.0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 29 | 1.2 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 156 | 6.3 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 144 | 5.8 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 93 | 3.7 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0.0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0.0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 80 | 3.2 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 103 | 4.1 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 168 | 6.7 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 76 | 3.1 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 158 | 6.3 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 46 | 1.9 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 152 | 6.1 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 72 | 2.9 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 122 | 4.9 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 37 | 1.5 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 222 | 8.9 | General function prediction only |
| S | 167 | 6.7 | Function unknown |
| - | 493 | 19.8 | Not in COGs |
a The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.