Table 4.
Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories
| Code | Value | % of totala | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 158 | 4.48 | Translation |
| A | 1 | 0.03 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 112 | 3.18 | Transcription |
| L | 126 | 3.58 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 2 | 0.06 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 15 | 0.43 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| Y | - | - | Nuclear structure |
| V | 76 | 2.16 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 63 | 1.79 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 99 | 2.81 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 16 | 0.45 | Cell motility |
| Z | - | - | Cytoskeleton |
| W | - | - | Extracellular structures |
| U | 18 | 0.51 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 96 | 2.72 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 223 | 6.33 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 81 | 2.30 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 221 | 6.27 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 54 | 1.53 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 109 | 3.09 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 30 | 0.85 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 138 | 3.92 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 48 | 1.36 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 368 | 10.44 | General function prediction only |
| S | 213 | 6.04 | Function unknown |
| - | 1256 | 35.67 | Not in COGs |
aThe total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the annotated genome