aat-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Contributes to L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Involved in amino acid transmembrane transport. Located in plasma membrane. Part of amino acid transport complex. Expressed in egg-laying apparatus; head motor neurons; and tail. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including carcinoma (multiple); glioblastoma; and lysinuric protein intolerance. Is an ortholog of human SLC7A8 (solute carrier family 7 member 8).