Table 6.
Number of genes associated with the general COG functional categories
| Code | Value | % of totala | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| J | 194 | 9.52 | Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis |
| A | 0 | 0 | RNA processing and modification |
| K | 149 | 7.31 | Transcription |
| L | 88 | 4.32 | Replication, recombination and repair |
| B | 0 | 0 | Chromatin structure and dynamics |
| D | 32 | 1.57 | Cell cycle control, Cell division, chromosome partitioning |
| V | 65 | 3.19 | Defense mechanisms |
| T | 139 | 6.82 | Signal transduction mechanisms |
| M | 155 | 7.61 | Cell wall/membrane biogenesis |
| N | 61 | 2.99 | Cell motility |
| U | 22 | 1.08 | Intracellular trafficking and secretion |
| O | 78 | 3.83 | Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones |
| C | 69 | 3.39 | Energy production and conversion |
| G | 243 | 11.93 | Carbohydrate transport and metabolism |
| E | 177 | 8.69 | Amino acid transport and metabolism |
| F | 80 | 3.93 | Nucleotide transport and metabolism |
| H | 79 | 3.88 | Coenzyme transport and metabolism |
| I | 72 | 3.53 | Lipid transport and metabolism |
| P | 79 | 3.88 | Inorganic ion transport and metabolism |
| Q | 16 | 0.79 | Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism |
| R | 158 | 7.76 | General function prediction only |
| S | 73 | 3.58 | Function unknown |
| – | 1245 | 40.33 | Not in COGs |
aThe total is based on the total number of protein coding genes in the genome