Predicted to enable L-aspartate transmembrane transporter activity and neutral L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity. Predicted to be involved in L-aspartate import across plasma membrane. Predicted to act upstream of or within L-alpha-amino acid transmembrane transport. Predicted to be located in melanosome and membrane. Predicted to be active in plasma membrane. Orthologous to human SLC1A5 (solute carrier family 1 member 5).