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Membrane plasmalogen phospholipids (①) are hydrolyzed at the sn-2 position by iPLA2 (⑤), resulting in the stoichiometric production of a lysoplasmalogen (②) and a free fatty acid (in this case, arachidonic acid, AA, ③). In platelets, AA can be further metabolized to thromboxane A2 (④).
