Component of the Rix1 complex and possibly pre-replicative complexes; required for processing of ITS2 sequences from 35S pre-rRNA; component of the pre-60S ribosomal particle with the dynein-related AAA-type ATPase Mdn1p; required for pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) formation and maintenance during DNA replication licensing; relocalizes to the cytosol in response to hypoxia; essential gene