Protein of unknown function; subunit of evolutionarily conserved EMC (Endoplasmic Reticulum Membrane Complex) implicated in ERAD (ER-associated degradation) and proper assembly of multi-pass transmembrane (TM) proteins; EMC acts in yeast as an ER-mitochondria tether that interacts with outer membrane protein Tom5p of TOM (Translocase of the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane) complex; YDR056C is not an essential protein