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Secondary Structure of Proteins

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Major protein in the thick filament of skeletal muscle fibre is?

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Tropomyosin

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Myosin

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Actin

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Troponin

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Solution

The correct option is B Myosin
Thick filament is the part of contractile proteins. The thick filament consists mainly of polymeric protein myosin. The monomeric proteins of the myosin are called meromyosins.
So the correct answer is 'Myosin'.

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