Table 3 The GO categorization of Glycine soja ESTs by biological process, molecular function, and cellular component

Biological process

Metabolism

385

69%

Protein metabolism

92

17%

Biosynthesis

79

14%

Nucleic acid metabolism

44

8%

Catabolism

24

4%

Oxygen and reactive oxygen species metabolism

4

1%

Cell growth and/or maintenance

70

13%

Transport

37

7%

Stress response

10

2%

Photosynthesis

63

11%

Cell communication

27

5%

Response to external stimulus

20

4%

Signal transduction

5

1%

Developmental process

2

<1%

Cell death

2

<1%

Molecular function

Binding

202

39%

ATP bingding

43

8%

Metal ion binding

41

8%

Nucleotide binding

7

1%

Catalytic activity

197

38%

Transferase activity

67

13%

Hydrolase activity

45

9%

Oxidoreductase activity

38

7%

Kinase activity

34

7%

Structural molecule activity

45

9%

Structural constituent of ribosome

38

7%

Transporter activity

37

7%

Chaperone activity

10

2%

Translation regulator activity

8

2%

Signal transducer activity

4

1%

Transcription regulator activity

4

1%

Enzyme regulator activity

1

<1%

Motor activity

1

<1%

Cellular component

Intracellular

332

73.3%

Membrane

121

26.7%