Caudo_bapla_RBP is a family of proteins expressed from ORF18 of the Lactococcus P2-like phage. This is one of three protein domains, shoulders, neck, and head, that form the phage tail base-plate. In the overall structure this head domain exists as six trimers, and is necessary for specific recognition of the receptors at the host cell surface. Siphoviridae are the P2-like Caudovirales of Lactococcus [1]. This family now includes DUF1914. Family Baseplate, Pfam:PF16774, is the ORF15 or shoulder component of the base-plate complex.

1: Structure of lactococcal phage p2 baseplate and its mechanism of activation. Sciara G, Bebeacua C, Bron P, Tremblay D, Ortiz-Lombardia M, Lichiere J, van Heel M, Campanacci V, Moineau S, Cambillau C; Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2010;107:6852-6857. PMID:20351260