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The protein responsible for muscular dystrophy, dystrophin, is a __________ protein.(a) cross-linking(b) membrane-binding(c) tethering(d) severingThe question was asked in semester exam.Asked question is from Non-muscle Motility topic in portion Cytoskeleton and Cell Motility of Cell Biology

Answer» RIGHT option is (B) membrane-BINDING

To explain I would say: Dystrophin is a cylindrical shaped protein made up of about 3700 amino acid residues and ispresent in the muscles. It attaches the MUSCLE fibres to the surrounding extracellular matrix thereby acting as a membrane binding protein.


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