Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable L-cystine transmembrane transporter activity; broad specificity neutral L-amino acid:basic L-amino acid antiporter activity; and protein heterodimerization activity. Predicted to be involved in L-cystine transport and amino acid transmembrane transport. Located in brush border membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including metanephros and midgut. Used to study cystinuria. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cystinuria. Orthologous to human SLC7A9 (solute carrier family 7 member 9).