Table 5. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 171 | 4.45 | Translation |
| A | 0 | 0 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 325 | 8.46 | Transcription |
| L | 158 | 4.11 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.03 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 34 | 0.88 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 111 | 2.89 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 225 | 5.85 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 165 | 4.29 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 58 | 1.51 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 45 | 1.17 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 95 | 2.47 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 194 | 5.04 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 248 | 6.45 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 248 | 6.45 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 88 | 2.29 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 117 | 3.04 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 72 | 1.87 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 181 | 4.71 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 52 | 1.35 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 386 | 10.04 | General function prediction only |
| S | 261 | 6.79 | Function unknown |
| - | 994 | 25.87 | Not in COGs |
a The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.