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. 2016 Sep 17;10:54–60. doi: 10.1016/j.gdata.2016.09.005

Table 5.

Number of genes associated with general COG functional categories.

Code Value % age Description
J 163 7.66% Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis
A 1 0.05% RNA processing and modification
K 191 8.98% Transcription
L 96 4.51% Replication, recombination and repair
B 0 0% Chromatin structure and dynamics
D 22 1.03% Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning
V 40 1.88% Defense mechanisms
T 88 4.14% Signal transduction mechanisms
M 98 4.61% Cell wall/membrane biogenesis
N 16 0.75% Cell motility
U 29 1.36% Intracellular trafficking and secretion
O 82 3.85% Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones
C 106 4.98% Energy production and conversion
G 230 10.81% Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
E 217 10.2% Amino acid transport and metabolism
F 76 3.75% Nucleotide transport and metabolism
H 123 5.78% Coenzyme transport and metabolism
I 93 4.37% Lipid transport and metabolism
P 108 5.08% Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
Q 38 1.79% Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism
R 203 9.54% General function prediction only
S 95 4.46% Function unknown
1000 34.66% Not in COGs

The total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the genome.