The MICOS complex is conserved across eukaryotes, but little is known about it outside the group that comprises animals and fungi. A new study finds that mitochondria of trypanosomatid parasites bear a divergent MICOS with both ancestral and derived subunits, but with conserved functions in crista development and membrane contact-site formation.
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