InterPro domain: IPR004648

Oligopeptide transporter OPT superfamily has two main branches. One branch contains a tetrapeptide transporter demonstrated experimentally in three different species of yeast. The other family contains EspB, a protein required for normal rather than delayed sporulation after cellular aggregation; its role is unknown but is compatible with transport of a signalling molecule. Homology between the two branches of the superfamily is seen most easily at the ends of the protein. The central regions are poorly conserved within each branch and may not be homologous between branches.