Protein involved in mitochondrion organization; functions with Nca2p to regulate mitochondrial expression of subunits 6 (Atp6p) and 8 (Atp8p) of the Fo-F1 ATP synthase; SWAT-GFP, seamless-GFP and mCherry fusion proteins localize to the vacuole; member of the SUN family; expression induced in cells treated with the mycotoxin patulin; NCA3 has a paralog, UTH1, that arose from the whole genome duplication