Protein of unknown function; deletion mutant shows strong genetic interaction with cdc28-as1 mutant in the presence of 1-NM-PP1; DCV1 has a paralog, YOL019W, that arose from the whole genome duplication
Plasma membrane Mg(2+) transporter; expression and turnover are regulated by Mg(2+) concentration; overexpression confers increased tolerance to Al(3+) and Ga(3+) ions; magnesium transport defect of the null mutant is functionally complemented by either of the human genes MAGT1 and TUSC3 that are not orthologous to ALR1