Which glucoprotein is believed to inhibit calcium phosphate precipitation and play a part in bone resorption by recruiting osteoclasts?
A)Osteocalcin
B)Osteonectin
C)Laminin
D)Osteopontin

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The roles of osteocalcin may be to inhibit calcium phosphate precipitation and play a part in bone resorption by recruiting osteoclasts. Osteonectin is a bone-specific protein that binds selectively to both hydroxyapatite and collagen in the bone matrix. Laminin is an abundant bone matrix protein in humans that stabilizes basement membranes in bones and is important in neurite and axon growth. Osteopontin is a noncollagenous bone matrix protein.

Which Glucoprotein Is Believed to Inhibit Calcium Phosphate Precipitation and Play