Involved in production of the polyketide antibiotic thailandamide. Binds 2 phosphopantetheines covalently. Antibiotic biosynthesis. No longer inhibits growth of Salmonella in an overlay assay, suggesting it does not produce thailandamide. Thailandamide is a polyketide that is toxic to human cell lines but also has antibacterial activity on E.coli, S.typhimurium and S.aureus. It probably acts on acetyl-CoA carboxylase in the fatty acid synthesis pathway, which is rarely found to be an antibiotic target. These data suggest it might be a good starting point for engineering of novel antibiotics.