Table 4. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | % of totala | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 201 | 4.18 | Translation |
| A | 1 | 0.02 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 452 | 9.41 | Transcription |
| L | 158 | 3.29 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.02 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 37 | 0.77 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0.00 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 57 | 1.19 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 198 | 4.12 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 256 | 5.33 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 142 | 2.96 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0.00 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0.00 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 166 | 3.46 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 153 | 3.18 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 275 | 5.72 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 427 | 8.89 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 487 | 10.14 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 109 | 2.27 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 179 | 3.73 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 139 | 2.89 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 287 | 5.97 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 122 | 2.54 | Secondary metabolite biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 549 | 11.43 | General function prediction only |
| S | 408 | 8.49 | Function unknown |
| - | 895 | 17.41 | Not in COGs |
a) The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.