Table 3

Phyletic distribution of the archaeal COGs

Functional category
Number of COGs including all five euryarchaeal species
Number of COGs including all five euryarchaeal species and A. pernix
Number of COGs including a subset of euryarchaeal species and A. pernix
Number of COGs including A. pernix but none of the euryarchaeal species

Translation and ribosome biogenesis
113
109
17
0
Transcription
26
25
11
0
Replication, recombination, repair
38
27
15
2
Cell division and chromosome partitioning
3
1
0
0
Post-translational modification,
19
15
4
2
     protein turnover, chaperones




Cell envelope biogenesis, outer membrane
8
7
8
0
Cell motility and secretion
8
8
6
0
Inorganic ion transport and metabolism
13
9
27
2
Signal transduction
4
4
5
1
Carbohydrate transport and metabolism
20
18
13
2
Energy production and conversion
36
22
33
18
Amino acid transport and metabolism
34
29
58
5
Nucleotide transport and metabolism
34
25
6
3
Coenzyme metabolism
25
21
30
2
Lipid metabolism
8
6
15
2
General functional prediction only
75
59
60
8
Uncharacterized
67
45
82
4
Total
514
416
273
50

Natale et al. Genome Biology 2000 1:research0009.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2000-1-5-research0009

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