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Specifically, we attempt to disentangle the interactions between different protein quality control genetic backgrounds and two sets of mutations: (i) SNPs associated with resistance to antibiotics in an essential bacterial enzyme (dihydrofolate reductase, or DHFR) and (ii) differing DHFR bacterial species-specific amino acid background sequences (\n                  <jats:italic>Escherichia coli, Listeria grayi<\/jats:italic>\n                  , and\n                  <jats:italic>Chlamydia muridarum<\/jats:italic>\n                  ). In doing so, we add nuance to the generic observation that non-linear genetic interactions are widespread and capricious in nature, by proposing a mechanistically-grounded analysis of how proteostasis shapes epistasis. 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