Major protein in the thick filament of skeletal muscle fibre is?
A
Tropomyosin
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B
Myosin
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C
Actin
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D
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.