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. 2013 Sep 30;9(1):71–82. doi: 10.4056/sigs.4328031

Table 4. Number of genes associated with general COG functional categories.

Code    Value    %age     Description
J    167    4.32     Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis
A    2    0.05     RNA processing and modification
K    332    8.58     Transcription
L    156    4.03     Replication, recombination and repair
B    1    0.03     Chromatin structure and dynamics
D    27    0.7     Cell cycle control, Cell division, chromosome partitioning
Y    0.0    0.0     Nuclear structure
V    76    1.96     Defense mechanisms
T    139    3.59     Signal transduction mechanisms
M    322    8.32     Cell wall/membrane biogenesis
N    17    0.44     Cell motility
Z    0.0    0.0     Cytoskeleton
W    0.0    0.0     Extracellular structures
U    79    2.04     Intracellular trafficking and secretion
O    123    3.18     Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
C    193    4.99     Energy production and conversion
G    355    9.18     Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E    258    6.67     Amino acid transport and metabolism
F    76    1.96     Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H    155    4.01     Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I    164    4.24     Lipid transport and metabolism
P    157    4.06     Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q    125    3.23     Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism
R    527    13.62     General function prediction only
S    418    10.8     Function unknown
-    1,464    29.52     Not in COGs

The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the genome.