Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within neutral amino acid transport. Located in apical plasma membrane and brush border membrane. Is expressed in blastocyst; cumulus oophorus; early embryo; and metanephros. Used to study Hartnup disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Hartnup disease. Orthologous to human SLC6A19 (solute carrier family 6 member 19).