Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables L-arginine transmembrane transporter activity and L-lysine transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in L-lysine transmembrane transport. Acts upstream of or within L-arginine transmembrane transport. Predicted to be located in membrane. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including 4-cell stage embryo; brain; gut; hindlimb phalanx; and urinary system. Orthologous to human SLC7A3 (solute carrier family 7 member 3).