The present disclosure provides methods of producing
heme proteins in transgenic plants,
plant tissues, or
plant cells, as well as describing the expression of these
heme proteins in seeds. Also, the present disclosure provides transgenic plants expressing the
heme proteins,
myoglobin and
hemoglobin, by introducing and integrating the
recombinant DNA constructs into the host genetic material of the subject plants. The specific combination of regulatory elements disclosed herein allows for high heme
protein expression level in seeds.