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In the thin filament of skeletal muscle fibre, a small globular protein that masks the active sites on the F-actin is:
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Options:
  • A G-actin
  • B Actin
  • C Tropomyosin
  • D Troponin
Solution:
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The correct answer is: Troponin
The thin filament of skeletal muscle fibre is composed of three distinct proteins, i.e., actin, tropomyosin and troponin. Troponin-I inhibits the F-actin–myosin interaction and also binds to other components of troponin. Tropomyosin is a fibrous molecule that attaches to F-actin in the groove between its filaments.

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