Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables D-glucose transmembrane transporter activity and dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in dehydroascorbic acid transport and glucose transmembrane transport. Acts upstream of or within cellular response to glucose starvation. Located in several cellular components, including basolateral plasma membrane; nucleus; and photoreceptor inner segment. Is active in Golgi membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; central nervous system; early conceptus; genitourinary system; and sensory organ. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in brain disease (multiple); carbohydrate metabolic disorder (multiple); myelomeningocele; and obesity. Orthologous to human SLC2A1 (solute carrier family 2 member 1).