Table 5. Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories.
| Code | Value | % agea | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 149 | 6.18 | Translation |
| A | 1 | 0.04 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 132 | 5.47 | Transcription |
| L | 154 | 6.38 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 0 | 0 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 22 | 0.91 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 32 | 1.32 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 57 | 2.36 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 104 | 4.31 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 1 | 0.04 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 21 | 0.87 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 58 | 2.2 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 85 | 3.52 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 109 | 4.52 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 191 | 7.1 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 66 | 2.73 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 85 | 3.52 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 47 | 1.95 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 135 | 5.6 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 40 | 1.66 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 232 | 9.62 | General function prediction only |
| S | 145 | 6.01 | Function unknown |
| - | 776 | 32.17 | Not in COGs |
a The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome