Abbreviations MS mass spectrometry LC liquid chromatography PTM post-translational modification MRM multiple reaction monitoring PDE phosphodiesterase cGMP cyclic guanosine monophosphate FDR false discovery rates 2D two-dimensional SAF spectral-abundance-factor Authors’ contributions All authors contributed to the writing and conceptualization of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Acknowledgements None. Competing interests The authors declare no financial and non-financial competing interests. Funding This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants: NIH U54GM114833, NIH R01HL129723 to Dr. Peipei Ping and NIH K99HL127302 to Dr. Maggie Lam.