CTNND1 and cancer: β-catenin (encoded by CTNNB1) and p120 catenin (p120Cat; a δ-catenin encoded by CTNND1) have been linked to cancer growth, EMT and metastasis, and their tyrosine phosphorylation is thought to be oncogenic (Kourtidis et al., 2015; van Veelen et al., 2011).