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To this end, we performed whole exome sequencing and functional immune assessment in a previously healthy Asian female, who experienced severe respiratory failure due to <jats:italic>Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia<\/jats:italic> and non-HIV-related CD4 lymphocytopenia. This revealed that a chaperon, the mitochondrial paralog of HSP90, TRAP1, may have been involved in the patient\u2019s susceptibility to an opportunistic infection. Two rare heterozygous variants in TRAP1, E93Q, and A64T were detected. The patient\u2019s peripheral blood mononuclear cells displayed diminished TRAP1 expression, but had increased active, cleaved caspase-3, caspase-7, and elevated IL-1\u03b2 production. Transfection of A64T and E93Q variants in cell lines yielded decreased TRAP1 compared to transfected wildtype <jats:italic>TRAP1<\/jats:italic> and re-capitulated the immunotypic phenotype of enhanced caspase-3 and caspase-7 activity. When infected with live <jats:italic>P. jiroveci<\/jats:italic>, the E93Q or A64T TRAP1 mutant expressing cells also exhibited reduced viability. Patient cells and cell lines transfected with the TRAP1 E93Q\/A64T mutants had impaired respiration, glycolysis, and increased ROS production. Of note, co-expression of E93Q\/A64T double mutants caused more functional aberration than either mutant singly. 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