The C.albicans mating-type-like (MTL) locus contains, in addition to the genes for the regulatory proteins (MTLA1, MTLA2, MTLALPHA1 and MTLALPHA2), a and alpha idiomorphs of a phosphatidylinositol kinase (PIKA and PIKALPHA), a poly(A) polymerase (PAPA and PAPALPHA) and an oxysterol binding protein-like protein (OBPA and OBPALPHA). OBPALPHA is not represented in the genomic sequence of strain SC5314 because that haploid assembly includes the mating type a allele of this locus. Belongs to the OSBP family.