Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within retina development in camera-type eye and visual perception. Predicted to be located in cell projection and cytoplasm. Predicted to be active in membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in foveal hypoplasia 2. Orthologous to human SLC38A8 (solute carrier family 38 member 8).