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. 2014 Mar 1;9(3):624–631. doi: 10.4056/sigs.4738557

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

Code       Value        % age         Description
J       224        4.404         Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis
A       0        0.0         RNA processing and modification
K       485        9.536         Transcription
L       374        7.354         Replication, recombination and repair
B       1        0.020         Chromatin structure and dynamics
D       48        0.944         Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning
Y       0        0         Nuclear structure
V       143        2.812         Defense mechanisms
T       225        4.424         Signal transduction mechanisms
M       254        4.994         Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis
N       59        1.160         Cell motility
Z       1        0.020         Cytoskeleton
W       1        0.020         Extracellular structures
U       65        1.278         Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport
O       122        2.399         Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
C       215        4.227         Energy production and conversion
G       310        6.095         Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E       480        9.438         Amino acid transport and metabolism
F       109        2.143         Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H       156        3.067         Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I       140        2.753         Lipid transport and metabolism
P       309        6.076         Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q       124        2.438         Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism
R       783        15.395         General function prediction only
S       458        9.005         Function unknown
      2038        31.98         Not in COGs