Enables dynein light chain binding activity. Predicted to be involved in vesicle transport along microtubule. Predicted to be located in several cellular components, including axon cytoplasm; kinetochore; and spindle pole. Predicted to be part of cytoplasmic dynein complex. Predicted to colocalize with piccolo-bassoon transport vesicle. Is expressed in several structures, including central nervous system; genitourinary system; limb; peripheral nervous system ganglion; and skeletal musculature. Orthologous to human DYNC1I1 (dynein cytoplasmic 1 intermediate chain 1). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]