Variable-frequency pulsed electron paramagnetic resonance studiesof the molybdenum(V) center of sulfite dehydrogenase (SDH)clearly show couplings from nearby exchangeable protons thatare assigned to a MoVOHn group. The hyperfine parameters forthese exchangeable protons of SDH are the same at both lowand high pH and similar to those for the high-pH forms of sulfiteoxidases (SOs) from eukaryotes. The SDH proton parameters aredistinctly different from the low-pH forms of chicken and humanSO.