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Table 2 Distribution of the different groups of genes according to the EcoCyc functional classification

From: Characterization of the GATC regulatory network in E. coli

Functional class

"GATC genes"

all of E. coli's genes

"EcoCyc genes"

"Mitomycin C genes"

Amino acid metabolism

2

134

0

5

Biosynthesis of cofactors, prosthetic groups, carriers

2

127

2

1

Cell envelope

2

194

5

10

Cellular process

1

102

18

14

Central intermediary metabolism

4

149

9

15

Energy metabolism

16

363

6

29

Fatty acid/Phospholipid metabolism

8

64

1

4

Hypothetical

11

1847

12

62

Nucleotide metabolism

11

120

2

14

Other categories

3

236

30

15

Regulatory functions

1

104

12

5

Replication

4

89

14

19

Transcription

1

47

5

7

Translation

0

150

2

61

Transport/binding protein

10

369

28

42

Total

76

4095

146

303

  1. The table shows the distributions of four groups of genes discussed in this paper, (classified according to the EcoCyc functional classification): the "GATC genes" (genes containing a GATC cluster), all of E. coli's genes, the "EcoCyc genes" (genes induced under various stress conditions according to EcoCyc) and the "Mitomycin C genes" (genes induced by the stress caused by the antibiotic mitomycin C). This table allows the reader to perform the statistical analyses carried out in this paper. The comparison of the distribution of the "GATC genes" with each of the other three groups shows that in all three comparisons three functional classes are overrepresented in the "GATC genes": Energy metabolism, Fatty acid/ Phospholipid metabolism and Nucleotide metabolism. These three classes characterize the GATC regulated network. For an easier interpretation these data are also displayed in the form of histograms in Figures 2, 3 and 4.