Abstract
Mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs) are organelles that have independently evolved from mitochondria in eukaryotes that live in low-oxygen conditions. These organelles are functionally diverse, possessing a range of ancestrally mitochondrial or horizontally acquired biochemical pathways. Early studies of MROs focused mainly on parasitic organisms; however, the past decade has seen a growing body of work on the MROs of free-living eukaryotes based on comparative genomics, making it possible to tease apart adaptations to low-oxygen conditions from adaptations to parasitism. Here, we review current knowledge of MROs in free-living eukaryotes.
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Leger, M.M., Kolísko, M., Stairs, C.W., Simpson, A.G.B. (2019). Mitochondrion-Related Organelles in Free-Living Protists. In: Tachezy, J. (eds) Hydrogenosomes and Mitosomes: Mitochondria of Anaerobic Eukaryotes. Microbiology Monographs, vol 9. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17941-0_12
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