Profilin does all of the following except

A) competes with thymosin ?4 for binding to actin monomers.
B) sequesters actin monomers to prevent any polymerization.
C) binds to formin in order to "stage" actin monomers for addition to a growing filament.
D) promotes actin monomer addition to a filament plus end.
E) Profilin does all of the above.


Answer: B

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