Comparison of Golgi Labeling with HaloTag and SNAP-tag Fusion Proteins of Sialyltransferase
(A) Top: Scheme of the labeling procedure. Bottom: Confocal images of live HeLa cells that have been treated as described in the scheme above. The white arrowheads indicate cells that express ManII-GFP and have been labeled with SiR-CA or SiR-BG. Scale bar: 20 μm.
(B) Quantification of cells expressing ManII-GFP that are positive for SiR from three independent experiments (ST-Halo, 740 cells in total; ST-SNAP, 837 cells in total).
(C) Fluorescence intensity distribution of HeLa cells that were incubated with SiR-CA or SiR-BG and that are transiently expressing ST-Halo-HA, ST-SNAP-HA, or no fusion protein. The number of cells (n) analyzed is indicated in the plot.