Ready-to-use ELISA kits are available for the detection of Separase, an alias of the protein, extra spindle pole bodies like 1, separase. The official gene symbol is ESPL1. The kits can detect several species variants of the protein, including: human, mouse, and rat. The protein, with a mass of 233.2 kDa and length of 2120 residues, is reported to be cytoplasmic and nuclear. It may be known by other names, including: separin cysteine protease, extra spindle poles-like 1 protein, extra spindle pole bodies homolog 1, extra spindle pole bodies 1 separase, caspase-like protein ESPL1, and separin.