Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables sodium:bicarbonate symporter activity. Involved in locomotory exploration behavior; regulation of intracellular pH; and sensory perception of sound. Acts upstream of or within eye development; nervous system development; and visual perception. Located in apical plasma membrane; basolateral plasma membrane; and cytoplasm. Is expressed in brain; metanephros; pancreas; and spiral ligament. Used to study Usher syndrome type 2C. Orthologous to human SLC4A7 (solute carrier family 4 member 7).