Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.3.0)
Enables pyruvate transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within positive regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus; pyruvate decarboxylation to acetyl-CoA; and pyruvate import into mitochondria. Located in mitochondrion. Is active in mitochondrial inner membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; early conceptus; heart; and liver. Orthologous to human MPC2 (mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2).
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