Answer
(b) thin
Work Step by Step
Troponin, the other major protein in thin filaments, is a globular three-polypeptide complex. One of its polypeptides (TnI) is an inhibitory subunit that binds to actin. Another (TnT) binds to tropomyosin and helps position it on actin. The third (TnC) binds calcium ions (page 281).