Table 5. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | % agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 201 | 3.91 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 0 | 0 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 483 | 9.39 | Transcription |
| L | 166 | 3.23 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.02 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 43 | 0.84 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 119 | 2.31 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 313 | 6.08 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 205 | 3.98 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 73 | 1.42 | Cell motility |
| Z | 5 | 0.1 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 50 | 0.97 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 121 | 2.35 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 180 | 3.5 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 560 | 10.88 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 355 | 6.9 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 93 | 1.81 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 130 | 2.53 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 108 | 2.1 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 248 | 4.82 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 113 | 2.2 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 648 | 12.59 | General function prediction only |
| S | 328 | 6.38 | Function unknown |
| - | 1,264 | 24.57 | Not in COGs |
a The total is based on the total number of protein-coding genes in the annotated genome