Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Enables amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within neutral amino acid transport and proton transmembrane transport. Located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane; plasma membrane; and recycling endosome membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including ear; face; heart; nervous system; and skeleton. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in iminoglycinuria. Orthologous to human SLC36A2 (solute carrier family 36 member 2).