Structure of Contractile Proteins -
Actin Filament:
- Each actin (thin) filament is made of two ‘F’ (filamentous) actins helically wound to each other.
- Each ‘F’ actin is a polymer of monomeric ‘G’ (Globular) actins.
- Two filaments of another protein, tropomyosin also run close to the ‘F’ actins throughout its length.
- A complex protein Troponin is distributed at regular intervals on the tropomyosin (which bears actin-binding sites)
- In the resting state a subunit of troponin masks the active binding sites for myosin on the actin filaments.
In the resting state a subunit of troponin masks the active binding sites for myosin on the actin filaments. Hence, the corret option is troponin
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