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Thermo Scientific™ Zeba™ Spin Desalting Columns and Plates, 40K MWCO, 75 μL–10 mL
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Quickly desalt protein and biological samples for manual or automated liquid chromatography (LC) with Thermo Scientific Zeba Spin and Micro Spin Desalting columns and plates (40K MWCO), which contain Zeba High-Performance Resin, a proprietary size-exclusion chromatography resin that offers excellent protein desalting and recovery in a centrifuge format.
Thermo Scientific Zeba Spin Desalting columns and plates (40K MWCO) are convenient, ready-to-use devices compatible with major automated liquid-chromatography systems or for manual syringe processing. The polypropylene columns have a 40K MWCO and contain a proprietary high-performance size-exclusion chromatography resin (Zeba High-Performance Resin) that offers excellent protein desalting and recovery in a centrifuge format. When using Zeba Micro Spin Desalting Columns, 40K MWCO, 75 μL, even very dilute (25 μg/mL) protein samples can be successfully processed to obtain greater than 95% retention (removal) of salts and other small molecules (<2000 MW), and good recovery of proteins and other macromolecules (>40,000 MW).
Zeba Spin Desalting Plates are polypropylene devices containing a proprietary high-performance size-exclusion resin for effective removal of salts and other small molecules (<2000 daltons) while providing excellent recovery for proteins >40,000 Da. They provide trouble-free desalting and buffer exchange for sample volumes ranging from 20 to 100 μL. This 96-well spin plate format enables more high-throughput processing.
The Zeba 96-well spin desalting plates require no resin dispensing or hydration and provide the same high protein recovery as spin columns with at least 95% removal of salts and other small molecules. One plate can process 96 small sample volumes (20 to 100 μL) in five minutes.
Benefits of Zeba Spin Desalting columns and plates include:
• High recovery—low-binding resin maximizes protein recovery
• Fast—no fraction screening or waiting for protein to emerge by gravity flow
• Economical—great performance at lower cost than other commercially available cartridges
• Easy-to-use—no cumbersome column preparation or equilibration
• Flexible—available in spin columns and filter spin plates for a range of needs
Available Formats
• Spin columns—75 μL, 0.5 mL, 2 mL, 5 mL, 10 mL columns
• 96-well spin plates—pre-dispensed 96-well filter plates, compatible with centrifugation for manual or automated purification
Specifications
Specifications
| Product Type | Spin Desalting Column |
| Content And Storage | Upon receipt store at 4°C. |
| Format | Spin Column |
| Purification Target | Buffer Exchange, Protein |
| Column Type | Size-exclusion, Proprietary Resin |
| MWCO | 40 kDa |
| Product Line | Zeba |
| Quantity | 5 Columns |
| Volume (Metric) | 5 mL |
| Sample Volume (Metric) | 300 to 2000 μL |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
You may remove excess solvent and smaller moieties by centrifugation through a microconcentrator. This will concentrate your protein sample.
(1) Choose microconcentrator tube (available from a variety of commercial suppliers) with a protein cutoff smaller than the molecular weight of the protein in the sample. Check our Pierce Protein Concentrators PES.
(2) Add 1 µL of 20% w/v SDS to a dry microconcentrator tube (if sample does not already contain SDS).
(3) Slowly add sample (a few microliters at a time) to membrane until membrane is completely wet. Centrifuge to near (but not complete) dryness.
(4) If intention is to desalt sample or buffer exchange: Add ~50 µL water to microconcentrator and spin until nearly dry. Repeat buffer exchange. Sample will remain on membrane. Check our Zeba desalting proteins.
(5) Using a new collection tube, invert membrane and spin at low speed (1000 x g) to elute protein from membrane. Add 2X SDS-Sample Buffer containing 10 mM DTT to membrane: vortex, invert and spin. Final volume should be ~20 µL.
Zeba Spin Desalting columns are covered under our general 1-year warranty and are guaranteed to be fully functional for 12 months from the date of shipment, if stored as recommended. Please see section 8.1 of our Terms & Conditions of Sale (https://www.thermofisher.com/content/dam/LifeTech/Documents/PDFs/Terms-and-Conditions-of-Sale.pdf).
Glycerol and sugars add viscosity to a sample, while detergents create micelles, making the removal of each difficult. Although dialysis is a better choice for removing these components, Zeba Columns can be used by modifying the desalting protocol. Modifications include diluting the samples, processing smaller samples, and adding the sample slowly to the column allowing it to enter the gel and equilibrate into the pores before centrifugation.
You can either reduce the volume of sample processed in each column (the product manual indicates the volume range recommended for each column size) or run the flow-through from one column over a fresh column.
Glycerol and sugars add viscosity to a sample, while detergents create micelles, making the removal of each difficult. Although dialysis is a better choice for removing these components, Zeba Columns can be used by modifying the desalting protocol. Modifications include diluting the samples, processing smaller samples, and adding the sample slowly to the column allowing it to enter the gel and equilibrate into the pores before centrifugation.
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