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While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:

• Blood proteins are found in blood plasma.
• Blood proteins with an attached carbohydrate chain are called glycoproteins.
• Transferrins are a type of glycoprotein that vertebrate animals produce in their livers.
• Transferrins bind to iron.
• They transport iron throughout the body.

The student wants to explain what transferrins do. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

A

Transferrins bind to iron and transport it throughout the body.

B

Some glycoproteins have an attached carbohydrate chain that aids in the production of transferrins.

C

Found in vertebrate animals, transferrins help the animals produce blood proteins in their livers.

D

Glycoproteins, such as transferrins, are produced in the liver.