NEET Biology question
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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