Table 4.
Number of genes associated with general COG functional categories
| Code | Sulfurifustis variabilis skN76T | Sulfuricaulis limicola HA5T | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | %age | Value | %age | ||
| J | 164 | 4.24 | 159 | 5.75 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 5 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.07 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 191 | 4.94 | 130 | 4.71 | Transcription |
| L | 154 | 3.99 | 117 | 4.23 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.04 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 36 | 0.93 | 31 | 1.12 | Cell cycle control, Cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| V | 43 | 1.11 | 29 | 1.05 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 283 | 7.32 | 218 | 7.89 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 265 | 6.86 | 210 | 7.60 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 66 | 1.71 | 64 | 2.32 | Cell motility |
| U | 123 | 3.18 | 98 | 3.55 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 185 | 4.79 | 142 | 5.14 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 265 | 6.86 | 192 | 6.95 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 148 | 3.83 | 101 | 3.66 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 201 | 5.20 | 150 | 5.43 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 63 | 1.63 | 59 | 2.14 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 167 | 4.32 | 129 | 4.67 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 90 | 2.33 | 65 | 2.35 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 189 | 4.89 | 127 | 4.60 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 56 | 1.45 | 35 | 1.27 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 394 | 10.20 | 247 | 8.94 | General function prediction only |
| S | 346 | 8.95 | 230 | 8.32 | Function unknown |
| - | 943 | 24.40 | 598 | 21.64 | Not in COGs |