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However, mutations can readily arise to disable\n                    <jats:underline>r<\/jats:underline>\n                    egulators of\n                    <jats:underline>S<\/jats:underline>\n                    ig\n                    <jats:underline>B<\/jats:underline>\n                    (Rsb proteins), which suggests a considerable genetic plasticity in the GSR. To further investigate this, we defined the complete genome sequence of a clinical isolate and elucidated how sequential mutations within\n                    <jats:italic>sigB<\/jats:italic>\n                    operon (\n                    <jats:italic>rsbX<\/jats:italic>\n                    N77K and\n                    <jats:italic>rsbU<\/jats:italic>\n                    Q317*) impacted fitness through modulation of SigB activity. To investigate the plasticity of the GSR, we followed its genetic adaptation to lethal acidic challenge (mimicking the selective pressure encountered during entry into the host). Acid resistance developed rapidly and all 6\n                    <jats:underline>a<\/jats:underline>\n                    cid\n                    <jats:underline>r<\/jats:underline>\n                    esistant\n                    <jats:underline>d<\/jats:underline>\n                    erivatives (ARDs) selected for analysis had acquired mutations in\n                    <jats:italic>rsbW<\/jats:italic>\n                    , which encodes an antagonist of SigB that suppresses SigB activity during non-stress conditions. These mutations resulted in non-canonical start codons (\n                    <jats:italic>rsbW<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>ATG<\/jats:sup>\n                    to\n                    <jats:italic>rsbW<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>ATA<\/jats:sup>\n                    or\n                    <jats:italic>rsbW<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>ATT<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) or premature translation termination (\n                    <jats:italic>rsbW<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sup>-<\/jats:sup>\n                    ) and all were found to result in increased SigB activity. A translational reporter assay demonstrated distinct differences in translation efficiency between three start codons: ATG\u2009&gt;\u2009ATA\u2009&gt;\u2009ATT, suggesting that a perturbation of RsbW:SigB stoichiometry alters SigB activity. We then analysed start codon usage for all conserved genes in 60,692\n                    <jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>\n                    genomes. This analysis revealed flexible usage of start codons associated with genetic clades in 39 conserved genes, 13 of which are involved in virulence and stress response. Further, we show that flexible use of canonical start codons (ATG and GTG) can also mediate different levels of expression of virulence and stress response genes. 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