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GK QUESTION#3865

What is the name of a protein that polymerizes into long chains or filaments that form microtubules, hollow fibres that act as the skeletal system for living cells?

  1. ATubulinCorrect answer
  2. BElastin
  3. CFibrinogen
  4. DFerritin
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A. Tubulin

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Microtubules are built from alpha- and beta-tubulin heterodimers. These assemble into protofilaments that form hollow cylindrical structures involved in cell shape, transport, spindle organization and motility.

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