Peroxisomal import is circadian in glia and regulates sleep and lipid metabolism
Aysika Das, Irma Magaly Rivas‐Serna, Ankur Kumar, Lakpa Sherpa, Kerui Huang, Hia Kalita, Marlene Dorneich-Hayes, Ruiqi Liu, Vera Mazurak, John P. Vaughen, Hua Bai
The paper shows that peroxisomal protein import in Drosophila cortex glia is circadian and affects sleep and lipid metabolism, with Pex5 playing a key role.
PLoS Biology · Jul 15, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience