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Yet many proteins can populate multiple states, including native conformations, liquid-like condensed assemblies, and aggregated states, reflecting the metastability of the proteome. As a framework for understanding how cells preserve proteome function under such conditions, we discuss protein rheostasis as the system that regulates thermodynamic driving forces and kinetic barriers to control the flux between alternative states over time. 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