Table 5. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | %agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 152 | 6.76 | Translation |
| A | 4 | 0.18 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 174 | 7.74 | Transcription |
| L | 178 | 7.92 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 4 | 0.18 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 40 | 1.78 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 92 | 4.09 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 82 | 3.65 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 99 | 4.41 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 14 | 0.62 | Cell motility |
| Z | 5 | 0.22 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 51 | 2.27 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 78 | 3.48 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 130 | 5.78 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 221 | 9.83 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 125 | 5.56 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 64 | 2.85 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 59 | 2.62 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 51 | 2.27 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 127 | 5.65 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 17 | 0.75 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 238 | 10.6 | General function prediction only |
| S | 220 | 9.79 | Function unknown |
| - | 22 | 0.98 | Not in COGs |
a The percentage is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.