Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Predicted to enable heme binding activity and heme transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including chordate embryonic development; embryonic digit morphogenesis; and spleen development. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in ectoplacental cone; immune system; liver; placenta; and yolk sac. Used to study Diamond-Blackfan anemia. Orthologous to human FLVCR1 (FLVCR choline and heme transporter 1).