Table 4.
Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories
| Code | Value | % of total a | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 167 | 4.17 | Translation |
| A | 1 | 0.02 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 134 | 3.35 | Transcription |
| L | 105 | 2.62 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.02 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 27 | 0.67 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | 0 | 0.00 | Nuclear structure |
| V | 60 | 1.50 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 94 | 2.35 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 229 | 5.72 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 11 | 0.27 | Cell motility |
| Z | 0 | 0.00 | Cytoskeleton |
| W | 0 | 0.00 | Extracellular structures |
| U | 30 | 0.75 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 94 | 2.35 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 153 | 3.82 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 126 | 3.15 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 203 | 5.07 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 65 | 1.62 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 99 | 2.47 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 96 | 2.40 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 149 | 3.72 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 69 | 1.72 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 328 | 8.19 | General function prediction only |
| S | 229 | 5.72 | Function unknown |
| - | 1790 | 44.72 | Not in COGs |
aThe total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome.