Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.0.0)
Enables L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity and virus receptor activity. Involved in L-arginine transmembrane transport and L-ornithine transmembrane transport. Predicted to be located in apical plasma membrane and basolateral plasma membrane. Predicted to be part of protein-containing complex. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including brain; cranium; genitourinary system; immune system; and jaw. Orthologous to human SLC7A1 (solute carrier family 7 member 1).