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. 2015 Dec 31;10:36–46. doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2015.12.006

TABLE 3.

Number of genes associated with 25 general COGs functional categories

Code Value % Value Description
J 174 5.18 Translation
A 0 0 RNA processing and modification
K 248 7.38 Transcription
L 133 3.96 Replication, recombination and repair
B 1 0.02 Chromatin structure and dynamics
D 34 1.01 Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis
Y 0 0 Nuclear structure
V 64 1.90 Defense mechanisms
T 152 4.52 Signal transduction mechanisms
M 132 3.93 Cell wall/membrane biogenesis
N 41 1.22 Cell motility
Z 1 0.02 Cytoskeleton
W 0 0 Extracellular structures
U 48 1.42 Intracellular trafficking and secretion
O 95 2.82 Posttranslational modification, protein
turnover, chaperones
X 14 0.41 Phages, Prophages, Transposable elements, Plasmids
C 163 4.85 Energy production and conversion
G 216 6.84 Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E 317 9.44 Amino acid transport and metabolism
F 80 2.38 Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H 95 2.82 Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I 131 3.90 Lipid transport and metabolism
P 169 5.03 Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q 85 2.53 Secondary metabolites biosynthesis,
transport and catabolism
R 487 14.50 General function prediction only
S 269 8.01 Function unknown
1183 35.23 Not in COGs

COGs, Clusters of Orthologous Groups database.