Archamoebae comprises free-living or endobiotic amoebiform protists that inhabit anaerobic or microaerophilic environments and possess mitochondrion-related organelles (MROs) adapted to function anaerobically. We compared in silico reconstructed MRO proteomes of eight species (six genera) and found that the common ancestor of Archamoebae possessed very few typical components of the protein translocation machinery, electron transport chain and tricarboxylic acid cycle. On the other hand, it contained a sulphate activation pathway and bacterial iron-sulphur (Fe-S) assembly system of MIS-type. The metabolic capacity of the MROs, however, varies markedly within this clade. The glycine cleavage system is widely conserved among Archamoebae, except in Entamoeba, probably owing to its role in catabolic function or one-carbon metabolism. MRO-based pyruvate metabolism was dispensed within subgroups Entamoebidae and Rhizomastixidae, whereas sulphate activation could have been lost in isolated cases of Rhizomastix libera, Mastigamoeba abducta and Endolimax sp. The MIS (Fe-S) assembly system was duplicated in the common ancestor of Mastigamoebidae and Pelomyxidae, and one of the copies took over Fe-S assembly in their MRO. In Entamoebidae and Rhizomastixidae, we hypothesize that Fe-S cluster assembly in both compartments may be facilitated by dual localization of the single system. We could not find evidence for changes in metabolic functions of the MRO in response to changes in habitat; it appears that such environmental drivers do not strongly affect MRO reduction in this group of eukaryotes.

Centre for Comparative Genomics and Evolutionary Bioinformatics and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dalhousie University Halifax Canada

Department of Parasitology Faculty of Science Charles University BIOCEV Vestec Czechia

Department of Zoology Faculty of Science Charles University Prague Czechia

Division of Infectious Diseases Department of Medicine Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry University of Alberta Edmonton Canada

Institute of Parasitology Biology Centre Czech Academy of Sciences České Budějovice Czechia

Life Science Research Centre Department of Biology and Ecology Faculty of Science University of Ostrava Ostrava Czechia

Present address Institute of Evolutionary Biology Barcelona Spain

Present address Microbiology Research Group Department of Biology Lund University Lund Sweden

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