Alpha-SNAP cochaperone; SNARE-complex adaptor for Sec18 (NSF) during the disassembly of postfusion cis-SNARE complexes; stimulates the ATPase activity of Sec18p; peripheral membrane protein required for vesicular transport between ER and Golgi, the 'priming' step in homotypic vacuole fusion, and autophagy; similar to mammalian alpha-SNAP