Protein with a role in the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway; interacts with ubiquitinated protein, Cdc48p and the proteasomal regulatory particle; may protect cells from trivalent metalloid induced proteotoxicity; contains a PACE promoter element and is co-regulated with proteasome subunit genes; AN1-type zinc finger protein, with DHHC and ubiquitin-like domains (UBL); ortholog of ZFAND1, a human gene linked to cancer; protein abundance increases under DNA replication stress