Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within L-glutamate transmembrane transport; establishment of localization in cell; and regulation of membrane potential. Located in Golgi apparatus and membrane. Is active in glutamatergic synapse and presynaptic membrane. Is expressed in central nervous system and retina. Orthologous to human SLC1A6 (solute carrier family 1 member 6).