Predicted to enable bile acid:sodium symporter activity. Acts upstream of or within response to bacterium. Located in apical plasma membrane and microvillus. Is expressed in Peyer's patch; genitourinary system; and small intestine. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in intestinal disease. Orthologous to human SLC10A2 (solute carrier family 10 member 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]