May mediate the cholesterol and gangliosides transport from the plasma membrane to intracellular vesicles in an ATP hydrolysis dependent manner, thus playing a role in their internalization by endocytic retrograde transport and may also participate in the endocytosis of synaptic vesicle in cortical neurons. ATP + cholesterol(in) + H2O = ADP + cholesterol(out) + H(+) + phosphate Ubiquitously expressed. May be primarily expressed in kidney. Homozygous knockout mice for Abca13 are born normally and seem to have normal appearance and life span but show sensorimotor gating deficits. Belongs to the ABC transporter superfamily.