Mediates equilibrative transport of purine, pyrimidine nucleosides and the purine base hypoxanthine. Very less sensitive than SLC29A1 to inhibition by nitrobenzylthioinosine (NBMPR), dipyridamole, dilazep and draflazine. Vmax for adenosine uptake is about the same for SLC29A1 and SLC29A2. Localized at the basolateral cell membrane in polarized MDCK cells. Expressed in skeletal muscle, liver, lung, placenta, brain, heart, kidney and ovarian tissues. By PDGF/platelet derived growth factor and fibroblast growth factor (FGF). May be produced at very low levels due to a premature stop codon in the mRNA, leading to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. Belongs to the SLC29A/ENT transporter (TC 2.A.57) family. Wrong choice of CDS.