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. 2016 Jan 8;5(2):307–322. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.329

Table 7.

Number of genes associated with the 25 general COG functional categories

Code Value % value Description
J 195 2.25 Translation
A 0 0 RNA processing and modification
K 359 4.13 Transcription
L 263 3.03 Replication, recombination, and repair
B 9 0.1 Chromatin structure and dynamics
D 29 0.33 Cell cycle control, mitosis, and meiosis
Y 0 0 Nuclear structure
V 66 0.76 Defense mechanisms
T 283 3.26 Signal transduction mechanisms
M 263 3.03 Cell wall/membrane biogenesis
N 67 0.77 Cell motility
Z 0 0 Cytoskeleton
W 0 0 Extracellular structures
U 80 0.92 Intracellular trafficking and secretion
O 184 2.12 Post‐translational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
C 347 4 Energy production and conversion
G 423 4.87 Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E 788 9.07 Amino acid transport and metabolism
F 88 1.01 Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H 175 2.01 Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I 256 2.95 Lipid transport and metabolism
P 368 4.24 Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q 229 2.64 Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport, and catabolism
R 802 9.23 General function prediction only
S 525 6.04 Function unknown
3724 42.88 Not in COGs