Table 1 Distribution of COG categories in the complete genome of P. nicotinovorans ATCC 49919

Amino acid transport and metabolism (E)

440

11

451

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism (G)

414

10

424

Transcription (K)

402

13

415

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism (P)

236

5

241

Energy production and conversion (C)

196

11

207

Replication, recombination, and repair (L)

176

11

187

Translation, ribosomal structure, and biogenesis (J)

180

0

180

Signal transduction mechanisms (T)

167

6

173

Lipid transport and metabolism (I)

171

1

172

Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis (M)

161

2

163

Coenzyme transport and metabolism (H)

136

7

143

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones (O)

109

3

112

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport, and catabolism (Q)

98

3

101

Nucleotide transport and metabolism (F)

93

1

94

Defense mechanisms (V)

74

2

76

Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport (U)

46

4

50

Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning (D)

45

2

47

Cell motility (N)

11

1

12

Chromatin structure and dynamics (B)

2

0

2

Cytoskeleton (Z)

1

0

1

Function Unknown (S)

693

21

714