Acts as one of several non-catalytic accessory components of the cytoplasmic dynein 1 complex that are thought to be involved in linking dynein to cargos and to adapter proteins that regulate dynein function. Cytoplasmic dynein 1 acts as a motor for the intracellular retrograde motility of vesicles and organelles along microtubules.
Subcellular locations: Cytoplasm, Cytoskeleton
High expression in heart, liver, brain and pancreas; moderate in placenta, skeletal muscle and kidney; low in lung, prostate, testis, small intestine and colon. Isoform 1 expression is up-regulated in 64% hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) patients.