Table 4.
Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories
| Code | Value | % of totala | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 137 | 5.01 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 1 | 0.03 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 103 | 3.23 | Transcription |
| L | 77 | 2.41 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 2 | 0.06 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 27 | 0.85 | Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| V | 65 | 2.04 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 101 | 3.17 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 191 | 5.99 | Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis |
| N | 67 | 2.10 | Cell motility |
| U | 32 | 1.00 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 123 | 3.85 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 127 | 3.98 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 171 | 5.36 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 202 | 6.33 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 65 | 2.04 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 126 | 3.95 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 105 | 3.29 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 105 | 3.29 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 64 | 2.01 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 218 | 6.83 | General function prediction only |
| S | 85 | 2.66 | Function unknown |
| - | 1,223 | 38.33 | Not in COGs |
aThe total is based on the total number of protein coding genes (3180) in the annotated genome