The pigment melanin responsible for imparting colour to the skin is a:

carbohydrate

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protein

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enzyme

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lipid

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Solution

The correct option is B protein
Melanin is the pigment that imparts colour to the skin, hair and eyes. The dark-skinned people have more melanin in their skin than light-skinned people. It is a protein which is produced when the gene for melanin production on DNA, is activated.

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Melanin is the pigment that gives human skin its colour.

Statement 1: Colouration of skin is due to a pigment melanin.

Statement 2: Dwarfism is the complete loss of pigmentation.

Assertion(A): Colouration of skin is due to a pigment melanin.

Reason(R): It protects the skin and inner parts from ultraviolet sunrays.

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