Strep-Tactin® Sepharose®


for purification of Strep-tag® II proteins by gravity-flow column chromatography

Strep-Tactin Sepharose provides high binding capacity and minimal non-specific binding (see figure below). The material can be used for gravity flow purification. Since the Strep-Tactin resins are optimized for column affinity chromatography as opposed to batch purification, we do recommend our pre-packed Strep-Tactin Sepharose columns, which are available in different formats (from 0.2 ml mini columns up to 10 ml columns). Further specifications on the various column formats can be found here. For packing individual columns bulk material is available.
In one step: over 99% purity and high purification factors



A 36 kDa enzyme and a mutant, both with C-terminal Strep-tag II, were expressed in the cytoplasm of E. coli. The crude lysate was chromatographically separated on Strep-Tactin Sepharose (5 mg/ml) under gravity flow and physiological conditions (100 mM Tris-Cl, pH 8.0). The purification is documented on a Coomassie stained SDS gel where samples from the crude lysate (lane 1), from the flow through (lane 2), and from the elution with 2.5 mM desthiobiotin (lane 3) had been applied. The wild type enzyme is shown to be over 99 % pure (lane 3 contains 50 µg protein vs 0.5 µg protein per band in the molecular size standard). The mutant - although expressed at low level only - could be obtained at high purity under the same conditions.

1: Sample of crude lysate after cytosolic expression with pASK-IBA3
2: Sample of flow through during chromatography
3: Sample after the addition of 2.5 mM desthiobiotin
M: Molecular size standard (kDa)




Specifications of Strep-Tactin Sepharose resin

Strep-Tactin concentration 5 mg/ml sedimented resin
Binding capacity 1 ml sedimented resin is useful for the one-step purification of 50 to 100 nmol recombinant protein (up to 3 mg in case of a 30 KDa protein)
Support Sepharose 4FF, 4 % agarose
Bead size 45 - 165 µm
Linear flow rate gravity flow
Exclusion limit 3 x 107 Da
Form 50 % suspension in 100 mM Tris/HCl pH 8.0, 1 mM EDTA, 150 mM NaCl
Stability at least 6 months after shipment
Storage 4 °C, DO NOT FREEZE
Shipment RT

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product amount cat. no. order & prices
Gravity flow Strep-Tactin Sepharose mini-columns
(0.2 ml bed volume)
5 columns 2-1202-550 online order
Gravity flow Strep-Tactin Sepharose column (1 ml bed volume) 1 column 2-1202-001 online order
5 columns 2-1202-050 online order
Gravity flow Strep-Tactin Sepharose column
(5 ml bed volume)
1 column 2-1202-051 online order
Gravity flow Strep-Tactin Sepharose column
(10 ml bed volume)
1 column 2-1202-101 online order
Strep-Tactin Sepharose (50 % suspension) 4 ml 2-1201-002 online order
20 ml 2-1201-010 online order
50 ml 2-1201-025 online order
200 ml 2-1201-100 online order
1000 ml 2-1201-500 online order




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