Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables L-glutamate uniporter activity; potassium:proton antiporter activity; and sodium:phosphate symporter activity. Involved in several processes, including L-glutamate transmembrane transport; hyaloid vascular plexus regression; and sodium-dependent phosphate transport. Acts upstream of or within neurotransmitter uptake. Located in synaptic vesicle. Is expressed in several structures, including cranial ganglion; nervous system; sensory organ; tail mesenchyme; and testis. Orthologous to human SLC17A6 (solute carrier family 17 member 6).