The invention provides a butyrylcholinesterase variant having increased cocaine hydrolysis activity as well as the corresponding encoding nucleic acid. The invention further provides methods of hydrolyzing a cocaine-based butyrylcholinesterase substrate as well as methods of treating a cocaine-induced condition with the invention variant.

 
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