Calcium-dependent phospholipase A2 that selectively hydrolyzes glycerophospholipids in the sn-2 position (PubMed:15866882). Compared to its human ortholog, may have no preference for the fatty acid found at the sn-2 position (PubMed:15866882). a 1,2-diacyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = a 1-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + a fatty acid + H(+) 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate + 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H(+) 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(9Z,12Z-octadecadienoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = (9Z,12Z)-octadecadienoate + 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H(+) 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(9Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = (9Z)-octadecenoate + 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H(+) 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine + H2O = (5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z)-eicosatetraenoate + 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine + H(+) 1-hexadecanoyl-2-(9Z,12Z-octadecadienoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine + H2O = (9Z,12Z)-octadecadienoate + 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine + H(+) 1-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine + H2O = H(+) + hexadecanoate + sn-glycerol 3-phosphocholine Stimulated by cytosolic Ca(2+). Lipid metabolism; fatty acid metabolism. Translocates to perinuclear membranes that may correspond to endoplasmic reticulum or Golgi in a calcium-dependent fashion. Weakly or not expressed in most tissues. Detected in placenta of 17.5 dpc embryos. The N-terminal C2 domain mediates the association with lipid membranes upon calcium binding. An additional second C2 domain may stand in between the C2 domain and the PLA2c domain.