Table 2.

Functional distribution of cyanobacterial genomes under consideration (values represents percentage of the particular COG category identified in the cyanobacteria)

COG categories: E amino acid transport and metabolism, G carbohydrate transport and metabolism, F nucleotide transport and metabolism, C energy production and conversion, H coenzyme transport and metabolism, I lipid transport and metabolism, P inorganic ion transport and metabolism, Q secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism, D cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning, M cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis, N cell motility, O posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones, T signal transduction mechanisms, U intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport, V defense mechanisms, A RNA processing and modification, B chromatin structure and dynamics, J translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis, K Transcription, L replication, recombination and repair, S function unknown, R general function prediction only