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Table 2 Categories of genes associated with 25 general COG functions

From: Genetic boundaries delineate the potential human pathogen Salmonella bongori into discrete lineages: divergence and speciation

Code

Value

% of total a

Description

J

174

0.57

Translation

A

1

0.03

RNA processing and modification

K

257

7.49

Transcription

L

132

3.85

Replication, recombination and repair

B

0

0.00

Chromatin structure and dynamics

D

31

0.90

Cell cycle control, mitosis and meiosis

Y

0

0.00

Nuclear structure

V

46

1.34

Defense mechanisms

T

152

4.43

Signal transduction mechanisms

M

215

6.27

Cell wall/membrane biogenesis

N

103

3.00

Cell motility

Z

0

0.00

Cytoskeleton

W

0

0.00

Extracellular structures

U

113

3.29

Intracellular trafficking and secretion

O

143

4.17

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

C

236

6.88

Energy production and conversion

G

324

9.45

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

E

318

9.27

Amino acid transport and metabolism

F

81

2.36

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

H

144

4.20

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

I

82

2.39

Lipid transport and metabolism

P

182

5.31

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

Q

47

1.37

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

R

333

9.17

General function prediction only

S

316

9.12

Function unknown

–

1055

25.60

Not in COGs

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