Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.4.0)
Enables thyroid hormone transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in thyroid hormone transport. Acts upstream of or within with a negative effect on thyroid hormone generation and thyroid-stimulating hormone secretion. Located in apical plasma membrane. Is expressed in several structures, including alimentary system; cardiovascular system; central nervous system; cochlea; and limb. Used to study Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome and intellectual disability. Orthologous to human SLC16A2 (solute carrier family 16 member 2).
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