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Table 4 Number of genes associated with general KOG functional categories. Percentages of genes is based on the total number of predicted proteins

From: Draft sequencing and assembly of the genome of the world’s largest fish, the whale shark: Rhincodon typus Smith 1828

Code

Value

%

Description

J

161

0.83

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

A

226

1.17

RNA processing and modification

K

458

2.36

Transcription

L

128

0.66

Replication, recombination and repair

B

154

0.79

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

143

0.74

Cell cycle control, Cell division, chromosome partitioning

V

100

0.52

Defense mechanisms

T

1280

6.60

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

52

0.27

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

22

0.11

Cell motility

U

307

1.58

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

532

2.74

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

105

0.54

Energy production and conversion

G

165

0.85

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

140

0.72

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

65

0.34

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

19

0.10

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

164

0.85

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

345

1.78

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

66

0.34

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

2142

11.06

General function prediction only

S

393

2.03

Function unknown

-

-

-

Not in KOGs

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