Alpha-arrestin, Ub-ligase adaptor for Rsp5p; regulates starvation- and substrate-induced Ub-dependent endocytosis of select plasma membrane localized amino acid transporters, recruiting Rsp5p to its targets; role in basal internalization and turnover of Ste2p, mating and zygote formation; recruits Rsp5p to Ste2p via its 2 PPXY motifs; inhibited by Npr1p-mediated phosphorylation, affecting cytosol and plasma membrane translocation; localization regulated by Rsp5p-dependent ubiquitination
