Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables L-ascorbate:sodium symporter activity and L-ascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in L-ascorbic acid transmembrane transport. Acts upstream of or within blood circulation. Located in basal plasma membrane and cytoplasm. Is expressed in adrenal gland; central nervous system; liver; metanephros; and retina. Orthologous to human SLC23A2 (solute carrier family 23 member 2).