Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable monoatomic cation:bicarbonate symporter activity and zinc ion transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in epithelial to mesenchymal transition. Located in endoplasmic reticulum. Is expressed in cerebral cortex ventricular layer; cortical plate; and embryo. Orthologous to human SLC39A6 (solute carrier family 39 member 6).