Table 4.
Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories
| Code | Value | % of totala | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 150 | 3.94 | Translation |
| A | 0 | 0.00 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 314 | 8.25 | Transcription |
| L | 123 | 3.23 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 0 | 0.00 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 26 | 0.68 | Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis |
| V | 87 | 2.29 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 168 | 4.42 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 139 | 3.65 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 18 | 0.47 | Cell motility |
| U | 15 | 0.39 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 72 | 1.89 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 187 | 4.91 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 180 | 4.73 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 272 | 7.15 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 65 | 1.71 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 107 | 2.81 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 52 | 1.37 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 117 | 3.07 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 26 | 0.68 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 266 | 6.99 | General function prediction only |
| S | 161 | 4.23 | Function unknown |
| - | 1260 | 33.11 | Not in COGs |
aThe total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the genome