Acts as one of several non-catalytic accessory components of the cytoplasmic dynein 2 complex (dynein-2 complex), a motor protein complex that drives the movement of cargos along microtubules within cilia and flagella in concert with the intraflagellar transport (IFT) system, facilitating the assembly of these organelles. Light intermediate chain of the cytoplasmic dynein complex 2, a multisubunit complex composed at least of eleven different proteins. The cytoplasmic dynein 2 complex consists of two catalytic heavy chains (HCs) and a number of non-catalytic subunits presented by intermediate chains (ICs), light intermediate chains (LICs) and light chains (LCs). Among them, a heavy chain (DYNC2H1), two intermediate chains (DYNC2I2 and DYNC2I1), a light intermediate chain (DYNC2LI1), and a light chain (DYNLT2B) are unique to the dynein-2 complex, but a subset of light chains are also shared by dynein-1 and dynein-2 complexes. Dynein-2 complex is built around two copies of cytoplasmic dynein 2 heavy chain 1 (DYNC2H1). The C-terminal region forms the motor domain, which converts the energy from ATP hydrolysis into movement. Its N-terminal region forms the tail, an extended structure that binds the other subunits and holds the two heavy chains in a homodimer. Localizes to the apical cytoplasm. Belongs to the dynein light intermediate chain family.