RNA-binding protein; promotes elongation, regulates termination, and carries poly(A) mRNA from nucleus to cytoplasm; represses translation initiation by binding eIF4G; required for pre-mRNA splicing; interacts with E3 ubiquitin ligase Bre1p, linking histone ubiquitination to mRNA processing; may have role in telomere maintenance; dissociation from mRNAs promoted by Mtr10p; phosphorylated by Sky1p in cytoplasm; protein abundance increases in response to DNA replication stress