Predicted to enable neutral amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in response to nutrient. Predicted to be located in apical plasma membrane and brush border membrane. Predicted to be integral component of plasma membrane. Biomarker of hypertension. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Hartnup disease and iminoglycinuria. Orthologous to human SLC6A19 (solute carrier family 6 member 19). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]