Predicted to enable sodium:bicarbonate symporter activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including bicarbonate transport; regulation of intracellular pH; and renal system process. Predicted to act upstream of or within several processes, including cerebrospinal fluid secretion; mitochondrion distribution; and retina development in camera-type eye. Predicted to be located in apical plasma membrane. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Orthologous to human SLC4A5 (solute carrier family 4 member 5). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]