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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2026

Evolution and Adaptation of the Mitochondrial Protein Import Machinery in Parasitic Protists: Beyond the Canonical TOM Complex.

Enayat Anvari, Gholamreza Daryabor, Amin Sedigh, Sajad Rashidi, Paul Nguewa

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Enayat AnvariDepartment of Physiology, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Science, Ilam, Iran.
Gholamreza DaryaborAutoimmune Diseases Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Amin SedighMolecular Medicine Research Center, Khomein University of Medical Sciences, Khomein, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5520-1211
Sajad RashidiMolecular Medicine Research Center, Khomein University of Medical Sciences, Khomein, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-4675-7274
Paul NguewaAreas of Microbiology and Parasitology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Navarra, IdiSNA (Navarra Institute for Health Research), c/Irunlarrea 1, 31008 Pamplona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2193-7316

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Fundación Roviralta (Chair "Maria Francisca de Roviralta of Molecular Parasitology, Leishmaniasis and One Health") 2026Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación from Spain MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (grant number PID2023-147765OB-C21, -C22)
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Abstract

The translocase of the outer membrane (TOM) complex is the primary entry gate for nucleus-encoded mitochondrial proteins and is conserved across eukaryotes; however, parasitic protists exhibit remarkable adaptations. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the composition, structure, and function of TOM and related import systems in apicomplexans, kinetoplastids, and anaerobic protists with reduced mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs). We highlight major evolutionary innovations, including the bacterial-origin ATOM complex in trypanosomes-comprising core channel ATOM40, receptors ATOM46/69, structural subunit ATOM19, and multifunctional pATOM36 linking protein import to mitochondrial DNA inheritance-alongside lineage-specific receptors such as Tom60 in

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Evolution, MolecularMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsParasitesAnimalsMitochondriaProtein TransportMitochondrial Membrane Transport ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsATOM complexdrug targethost–pathogen interactionsmitochondrial protein importmitochondrion-related organellesparasitic protistsTOM complex

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PMID42794633
PMCPMC13607561

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