Zeba trade; Spin Desalting Columns, Plates, and Cartridges, 7K MWCO, 0.5-100 mL

Thermo Scientific Zeba Desalting Spin Columns are widely used in various research applications that involve the separation of proteins, and other macromolecules from soluble low molecular weight substances (e.g., salts) that may adversely impact the stability of the analytes or interfere with downstream applications. Zeba Desalting Spin Columns are also used in protein solution buffer exchange protocols for the generation of more appropriate buffers before subsequent applications such as western blotting, immunoprecipitation, activity assays, and mass spectrometry.

Zeba Desalting Spin Columns yield exceptional desalting and protein-recovery characteristics and provide consistent performance over a wide range of sample sizes and protein concentrations. High protein recovery and greater than 95% contaminant removal are achieved, even with dilute protein samples.

Zeba Desalting Spin Columns speed up the desalting process by eliminating the time needed for samples to drop out of gravity flow columns. They offer a fast and efficient protocol for the collection and concentration of clean samples in one fraction, require no chromatography system, and permit multi-sample processing.

  • High performance—proprietary resin provides excellent protein recovery and efficient contaminant removal
  • Flexible—available in spin columns, filter spin plates and cartridges for a range of needs
  • Fast—no fraction screening or waiting for protein to emerge by gravity flow

Zeba protein desalting

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Sample volume range2 μL–4 mL20–100 μL15–250 μL
Resin Bed volume75 μL–10 mL550 μL1 mL–5 mL
Resin MWCO*7 kDa, 40 kDa7 kDa, 40 kDa7 kDa, 40 kDa
AutomationNoYesNo
FPLC compatibleNoNoYes

*Molecular Weight Cut-Off (MWCO)

Compare Zeba Spin Desalting column performance

Sample desalting using gel filtration chromatography

Gel filtration chromatography is based on molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) limits that exclude molecules based on size. Compared with dialysis, this technique has the advantages of speed, compatibility with organic and other solvents, and ability to concentrate the contaminating material into a relatively small volume, which is advantageous for toxic/radioactive substances.

Zeba 40K Spin Desalting Columns contain a new and enhanced high-performance size-exclusion chromatography resin that improves protein recovery and offers higher desalting and molecular weight recovery than before.

Superior performance of new Zeba 40K resin compared to competitors

Figure 2. Superior sample recovery of low protein loads with Zeba 40K spin columns. BSA and IgG of varying concentrations were applied in 50µl aliquots to either 0.5 mL Zeba 40K, competitor C, or Competitor B spin columns. All columns were equilibrated with PBS, then centrifuged per manufacturers’ instructions for each resin. Recovered protein (%) in each flow through sample was determined by BCA assay. Flow through samples were performed on SDS-PAGE and stained with either Coomassie Blue or silver stain. Although 12.5 µg total protein load was recovered efficiently by all three resins, lower recoveries were observed with competitor resins at 1 ug and 250 ng protein loads.

Enhanced Zeba 40K resin small protein removal compared with competitors

Figure 3. New enhanced Zeba 40K resin is more effective than that of competitors at removing small proteins. Purified protein samples (0.5mg/mL) of varying molecular weights were applied individually in 50 ul aliquots in either 0.5 mL Zeba 40K, Competitor C, or Competitor B spin columns equilibrated in PBS. Columns were centrifuged per manufacturers’ instructions for each resin, and the recovered protein (%) in each flow-through sample was determined by BCA protein assay. As opposed to competitor columns, the Zeba 40K resin was more efficient at removing smaller proteins (evidenced by the lower small protein recovery values).

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