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“In the bile, two families of proteins that inhibit the nucleation of calcium carbonate and cholesterol are present: the apolipoproteins and the calcium binding protein also called anionic polypeptide fraction.”
“In our previous studies, these two acidic polypeptides were found to be effective in controlling the morphology of the calcium carbonate mineral, the main inorganic constituent of prismatic layer of the mollusk shell.”