Enables urate transmembrane transporter activity. Acts upstream of or within urate transport. Located in brush border membrane. Is integral component of membrane. Is expressed in central nervous system; dorsal root ganglion; male reproductive gland or organ; metanephros; and retina layer. Orthologous to human SLC22A12 (solute carrier family 22 member 12). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]