Ovomucoid (OVM) is a protein found in chicken egg white. When it is hydrolyzed by a protease, subtilisin A from Bacillus licheniformis, it possesses Cu2+-chelating activity. In the present work, we demonstrate that the resulting OVM hydrolysates bind to reverse-phase chromatography media in pipette tips and can be applied to remove Cu2+ within microdroplets. 1.4 nmol of purified OVM was digested in the presence of 17 pmol of subtilisin A at 55 degrees C for 3 h. The OVM hydrolysates efficiently removed 2.1 and 2.4 nmol of Cu2+ in the droplets by binding to the C4 and C18 chromatography media, respectively. Conversely, 0.6 and 1.0 nmol of Cu2+ were removed by the non-digested OVM bound to the C4 and C18 media, respectively. The removal ratio of Cu2+ increased as more OVM was digested by subtilisin A. The digested OVM polypeptides were stained with Cu2+ after they were separated by non-denaturing electrophoresis. These results indicate that OVM hydrolysates bound to chromatography media in a pipette tip can be applied to remove Cu2+ within microdroplets of biological samples.