Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in gluconeogenesis. Acts upstream of or within aspartate transmembrane transport and malate-aspartate shuttle. Located in mitochondrion. Is active in mitochondrial inner membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; brain; genitourinary system; lung; and nose. Used to study citrullinemia. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in adult-onset type II citrullinemia and neonatal-onset type II citrullinemia. Orthologous to human SLC25A13 (solute carrier family 25 member 13).