Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in negative regulation of brown fat cell differentiation; neutral amino acid transport; and positive regulation of glycinergic synaptic transmission. Acts upstream of or within D-alanine transport. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in brain; embryo mesenchyme; naris; and spinal cord ventricular layer. Orthologous to human SLC7A10 (solute carrier family 7 member 10).