Evidence
An earlier study found S:P272L to be a T-cell-escape mutation, so it seems likely S:P272H is one as well. S:Q836K is in an interesting region of S2 and seems likely to be consequential in some way. https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(22)00849-2.pdf
This lineage makes up about 2% of sequences from Puerto Rico collected since May 15, and has been detected in five US states (Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York).
XBB.1.5 seems like a dying lineage, so this one will probably die with it, but it seems worth noting nonetheless.
Description
Sub-lineage of: XBB.1.5 Earliest sequence: 2023-4-21, Puerto Rico, EPI_ISL_17700246 Most recent sequence: 2023-6-27, USA, Florida, EPI_ISL_17979245 Countries circulating: Puerto Rico (16), USA (9) Number of Sequences: 25 GISAID AA Query: Spike_V36I, Spike_P272H, N_I292T GISAID Nucleotide Query: G21668A, C22377A, T29148C CovSpectrum Query: Nextcladepangolineage: XBB.1.5* & [3-of: G20433A, G21668A, C22377A, C24068A, T29148C] Substitutions on top of XBB.1.5: Spike: V36I, P272H, Q836K N: I292T ORF1b: M2322I Nucleotide: G20433A, G21668A, C22377A, C24068A, T29148C
Phylogenetic Order of Mutations: G21668A (S:V36I) → C24068A (S:Q836K) → G20433A (ORF1b:M2322I), T29148C (N:I292T) → C22377A (S:P272H)
USHER Tree https://nextstrain.org/fetch/raw.githubusercontent.com/ryhisner/jsons/main/XBB.1.5_V36I_P272H_Q836K__N-I292T__ORF1b-M2322I.json
Evidence An earlier study found S:P272L to be a T-cell-escape mutation, so it seems likely S:P272H is one as well. S:Q836K is in an interesting region of S2 and seems likely to be consequential in some way. https://www.cell.com/cell/pdf/S0092-8674(22)00849-2.pdf
This lineage makes up about 2% of sequences from Puerto Rico collected since May 15, and has been detected in five US states (Connecticut, Florida, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York).
XBB.1.5 seems like a dying lineage, so this one will probably die with it, but it seems worth noting nonetheless.
Genomes
Genomes
EPI_ISL_17700246, EPI_ISL_17700255, EPI_ISL_17700262, EPI_ISL_17810315, EPI_ISL_17821251, EPI_ISL_17830891, EPI_ISL_17830947, EPI_ISL_17830953, EPI_ISL_17830956, EPI_ISL_17831082, EPI_ISL_17853080, EPI_ISL_17853153, EPI_ISL_17853307, EPI_ISL_17856365, EPI_ISL_17885206, EPI_ISL_17885222, EPI_ISL_17885226, EPI_ISL_17953730, EPI_ISL_17955545, EPI_ISL_17965558, EPI_ISL_17965563, EPI_ISL_17965596, EPI_ISL_17965601, EPI_ISL_17979117, EPI_ISL_17979245