PolySia formation on NCAM by STX(WT), STX(G421A), and STX(C621G) in the absence and presence of PST(WT) in the transfected cells. A, polySia-NCAM-Fc secreted from CHO cells stably expressing NCAM-Fc and each of STX(WT), STX(G421A), or STX(C621G) was purified from the culture medium. The purified polySia-NCAM-Fc was subjected to Western blotting with anti-polySia (12E3) and anti-NCAM (H-300). The relative intensity of polySia-NCAM immunostainings was densitometrically determined. The data are expressed as the mean ± S.D. (error bars), with 3 replicates/experiment. The relative intensity for STX(WT) was set to 100%. ***, significance at p = 0.00075 (<0.001). B, polySia-NCAM-Fc secreted from CHO cells stably expressing NCAM-Fc and each pair of PST(WT) and STX(WT), STX(G421A), or STX(C621G) was purified from culture medium and subjected to Western blotting as described in A. The relative intensity of the STX(WT)/PST(WT) pair was set to 100%. **, significance at p = 0.0011 (<0.01). +, presence of enzyme. −, absence of enzyme.