Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables D-glucose binding activity; dehydroascorbic acid transmembrane transporter activity; and hexose transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in D-glucose transmembrane transport; dehydroascorbic acid transport; and fructose transmembrane transport. Acts upstream of or within insulin receptor signaling pathway and response to hypoxia. Located in plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including adipose tissue; gut; liver; placenta; and spleen. Orthologous to human SLC2A8 (solute carrier family 2 member 8).
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