Protein required for the nuclear import and biogenesis of RNA pol II; conflicting evidence on whether null mutant is viable with elongated buds, or inviable; interacts with Rpb2, Rpb3, Nup116p, Nup100p and components of the R2TP complex (Rvb1p, Rvb2p, Pih1p); similar to human TMCO7 gene
