Table 4.
Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories
| Code | Value | % age a | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 160 | 3.18 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 1 | 0.02 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 230 | 4.58 | Transcription |
| L | 116 | 2.31 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 1 | 0.02 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 21 | 0.42 | Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| V | 60 | 1.19 | Defence mechanisms |
| T | 75 | 1.49 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 96 | 1.91 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 0 | 0.00 | Cell motility |
| U | 18 | 0.36 | Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport |
| O | 69 | 1.37 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 160 | 3.18 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 223 | 4.44 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 298 | 5.93 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 56 | 1.11 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 114 | 2.27 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 111 | 2.21 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 179 | 3.56 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 84 | 1.67 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 311 | 6.19 | General function prediction only |
| S | 151 | 3.00 | Function unknown |
| - | 2868 | 57.09 | Not in COGs |
aThe total is based on the total number of protein-coding genes in the genome