G-protein beta subunit and guanine dissociation inhibitor for Gpa2p; ortholog of RACK1 that inhibits translation; core component of the small (40S) ribosomal subunit; required to prevent frameshifting at ribosomes stalled at repeated CGA codons; regulates P-body formation induced by replication stress; represses Gcn4p in the absence of amino acid starvation; controls phosphorylation of multiple proteins