Total PLA2 specific activity was 20.1 ± 1.8 pmol/min/mg protein in non infected cells, 32.2 ± 2.3 pmol/min/mg protein after short-term E. coli infection and 42.3 ± 3.5 pmol/min/mg protein after long-term E. coli infection in absence of inhibitors. Here, PLA2G6 is linked to escherichia coli infection.