Table 2 Number and percentage of orthologous genes per functional category
From: Accelerated evolution associated with genome reduction in a free-living prokaryote
Category | Number of genes | % of orthologs |
|---|---|---|
Amino-acid transport and metabolism | 94 | 7.2 |
Carbohydrate transport and metabolism | 50 | 3.8 |
Cell-cycle control | 17 | 1.3 |
Cell wall/membrane biogenesis | 55 | 4.2 |
Coenzyme metabolism | 99 | 7.6 |
Defense mechanisms | 14 | 1.1 |
Energy production and conversion | 106 | 8.1 |
Function unknown | 269 | 20.6 |
General function prediction only | 116 | 8.9 |
Inorganic ion transport and metabolism | 47 | 3.6 |
Intracellular trafficking | 13 | 1.0 |
Lipid transport and metabolism | 25 | 1.9 |
Nucleotide transport and metabolism | 39 | 3.0 |
Posttranslational modification, protein turnover | 59 | 4.5 |
Replication, recombination and repair | 51 | 3.9 |
Secondary metabolite biosynthesis, transport and catabolism | 6 | 0.5 |
Signal transduction mechanisms | 11 | 0.8 |
Transcription | 26 | 2.0 |
Translation | 127 | 9.7 |
Miscellaneous | 82 | 6.3 |