Subunit of protein N-terminal acetyltransferase NatA; NatA comprises Nat1p, Ard1p, Nat5p; acetylates many proteins to influence telomeric silencing, cell cycle, heat-shock resistance, mating, sporulation, early stages of mitophagy; protein abundance increases under DNA replication stress; mutations in human homolog X-linked NAA10 lead to Ogden syndrome (S37P) and intellectual disability (R116W); expression of human NAA10 and NAA15 can complement ard1 nat1 double mutant