Research Article

Glucan Biosynthesis Protein G Is a Suitable Reference Gene in Escherichia coli K-12

Table 2

Gene ontology overrepresentation of the 39 invariant genes.

Primary functionGOIDGene ontology terms 𝑃 value

Cell divisionGO:0071139Cell cycle 5 . 5 1 𝐸 6 1
GO:0006276Plasmid recombination 6 . 0 1 𝐸 3 1
GO:0016051Cell division 2 . 9 0 𝐸 1 6
GO:0006432Plasmid maintenance 2 . 9 0 𝐸 1 6
GO:0042594Response to starvation 3 . 3 9 𝐸 1 1
GO:0007049Chromosome segregation 6 . 6 1 𝐸 0 9
GO:0017038Resolution of recombinant intermediates 1 . 2 1 𝐸 0 8
GO:0006004Guanosine tetraphosphate metabolic process 1 . 2 1 𝐸 0 8
GO:0042953Lysogeny 4 . 2 0 𝐸 0 7
GO:0051301Diaminopimelate biosynthetic process 3 . 5 0 𝐸 0 6

Carbohydrate metabolismGO:0030259Carbohydrate biosynthetic process 2 . 3 4 𝐸 3 1
GO:0006749Lipid glycosylation 2 . 3 4 𝐸 3 1
GO:0007059Fucose metabolic process 8 . 0 8 𝐸 1 3

Protein synthesisGO:0030069Phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation 2 . 3 4 𝐸 3 1
GO:0016075RNA catabolic process 2 . 3 4 𝐸 3 1
GO:0015969Lipoprotein transport 2 . 9 0 𝐸 1 6
GO:0019277Phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation 2 . 9 0 𝐸 1 6
GO:0042150Protein import 3 . 3 9 𝐸 1 1
GO:0006396RNA processing 2 . 4 8 𝐸 0 9
GO:0033014Tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process 1 . 2 1 𝐸 0 8
GO:0019877Glutathione metabolic process 4 . 2 0 𝐸 0 7