NEET Biology question

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Which of the following statements are correct regarding muscle proteins?

(i) Actin is a thin filament and is made up of two F-actins.

(ii) The complex protein, tropomyosin is distributed at regular intervals on the troponin

(iii) Myosin is a thick filament which is also a polymerized protein

(iv) The globular head of meromyosin consists of light meromyosin (LMM)

Answer: (C)

Solution

Actin is indeed a thin filament made of two helically arranged F-actins (i), and myosin, the thick filament protein, is itself a polymerised assembly of many monomeric myosin molecules (iii); however, statement (ii) reverses the

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