Enables L-aspartate transmembrane transporter activity; L-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity; and glutamate:sodium symporter activity. Involved in L-aspartate import across plasma membrane; L-glutamate import across plasma membrane; and neurotransmitter uptake. Located in intermediate filament cytoskeleton and plasma membrane. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Alternative Names
glutamate transporter EAAT4 high affinity aspartate/glutamate transporter high-affinity neuronal glutamate transporter sodium-dependent glutamate/aspartate transporter solute carrier family 1 (high affinity aspartate/glutamate transporter) member 6 solute carrier family 1 member 6