Predicted to enable lactate transmembrane transporter activity; monocarboxylate:sodium symporter activity; and propionate transmembrane transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in propanoate transport; short-chain fatty acid import; and sodium ion transport. Predicted to act upstream of or within monocarboxylic acid transport. Predicted to be integral component of membrane. Orthologous to human SLC5A8 (solute carrier family 5 member 8). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]