Hello,
Yes, you are correct, the expanded BED format or genePred format is required if 
you want to use the Custom track/Table browser method. Here are some links that 
can help.

http://genome.ucsc.edu/FAQ/FAQformat
http://genome.ucsc.edu/goldenPath/help/hgTablesHelp.html#Sequence
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Jennifer Jackson 
UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group 

----- "Chris Oldmeadow" <[email protected]> wrote:

> From: "Chris Oldmeadow" <[email protected]>
> To: "Jennifer Jackson" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 5:50:27 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: Re: [Genome] protein sequence from custom file
>
> Hi again,
> 
> Does my custom track need to be identifiable as codon? eg I currently
> just have chrom chromstart and chrom end - do I need to include
> thickstart
> and thickend for the browser to identify the sequence as being coding
> for it to give me the option to output mRNA sequence?
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
> 
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 08:51:51AM -0700, Jennifer Jackson wrote:
> > Hello,
> > Iif you have the coding (no URT, not intron) mRNA, then use the
> protein translation tool. 
> > Home page -> Utilities ->
> http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~kent/dnaDust/dnadust.html
> > 
> > mRrna sequence for custom tracks can be directly obtained from the
> Table browser. Set the primary track as the custom track and output as
> sequence.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Jennifer Jackson
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------ 
> > Jennifer Jackson 
> > UCSC Genome Bioinformatics Group 
> > 
> > ----- "Chris Oldmeadow" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > > From: "Chris Oldmeadow" <[email protected]>
> > > To: [email protected]
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 8:30:29 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
> Pacific
> > > Subject: [Genome] protein sequence from custom file
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Is it possible to extract protein sequence from just the
> positions
> > > from a custom track? I know it is possible to obtain the protein
> > > sequence using the group "gene and gene prediction". When I try
> to
> > > create an intersection with my custom track (which are
> coordinates
> > > within exons) I can only obtain the protein sequence for the
> whole
> > > genes that intersect with my positions. What Id like are just the
> > > protein sequences corresponding to the positions only. Is this
> > > possible using the table browser? if not is there another tool
> which
> > > can do this?
> > > 
> > > Best,
> > > Chris
> > > 
> > > 
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