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While the HipBA toxin\u2013antitoxin (TA) system is known to play a role in persister formation, existing studies predominantly focus on its kinase activity and intracellular regulatory pathways, with limited attention to the environmental or conditional factors. In this study, we administered controlled induction of HipA across varied growth conditions in\n                    <jats:italic>Escherichia coli<\/jats:italic>\n                    , establishing that conditional constraints fundamentally modulate HipA's capacity to induce persistence. We demonstrated that cells in the lag phase, rather than in the exponential or stationary phase, were more likely to enter the persistent state upon HipA upregulation. Moreover, our results indicated that the accumulation rate of HipA, rather than the absolute HipA level, was a crucial determinant of persister frequency. Finally, we confirmed the essential role of RelA in HipA\u2010mediated formation of persistent bacteria. 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