Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables L-isoleucine transmembrane transporter activity; L-leucine transmembrane transporter activity; and L-valine transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in L-leucine transport; L-valine transmembrane transport; and isoleucine transport. Acts upstream of or within L-amino acid transport. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; blood island; liver; neural ectoderm; and nose. Orthologous to human SLC43A1 (solute carrier family 43 member 1).